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Monthly Journal – March, 2016

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Mild weather continued in March.  It actually felt like Spring as we passed the first official day of the season.  Last month we told you we heard frogs.  This month we’ve been hearing them more and seeing them, as well as lots of tadpoles.

March’s photos include nesting birds, native bees and two butterfly species: Sulfur and Eastern Tiger Swallowtail.  Also both of our native honeysuckle vines are blooming coinciding with the arrival of hummingbirds.  So be on the lookout.

As you can see below, the Cooper’s Hawks are still here.  This one had just caught a Mourning Dove.

American Robin
Blue Jay
Brown-headed Nuthatch
Brown-headed Nuthatch
American Bullfrog
American Bullfrog
Carolina Chickadees
Carolina Chickadee
Carolina Chickadee
Carolina Wren
Cooper’s Hawk
Eastern Bluebird
Eastern Bluebird
Eastern Bluebird
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
Eastern Towhee
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Morning Dove
Native Bee
Native Bee Box
Northern Cardinal (male)
Northern Cardinal (female)
Northern Cardinal (female)
Northern Cardinal (male)
Song Sparrow
Sulfur Butterfly
Tadpole

Birdhouses in High Demand

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It is spring after all.  It’s time.  Stake out your territory, find a mate and start a family.  Here are three houses that have boarders and another with a serious prospect.

Our friends Greg and Stephanie three houses down have a Bluebird house on a pine snag in their front yard, but Brown-headed Nuthatches beat them to the punch.  We’ve seen Nuthatches nest in a box and once their chicks fledge, the Bluebirds will come along behind them with their own family.  It’ll be interesting to see what happens here this year.

And some Nuthatches are checking out a house in our front yard, but so far no takers.

Brown-headed Nuthatch - Sitta pusilla Peachtree Park, Atlanta, GA - March, 2016

Brown-headed Nuthatch inspecting our birdhouse

In the back yard Carolina Chickadees have found their spot and one of the building projects close by is helping with insulation for nesting material.

Checking out the house
A little nesting material
Getting settled

And some really good news: the bluebirds who have used the house in the Darlington Road triangle are back!  They’ve been coming back to this spot almost every year since 2007.  Watch our video from 2014 on Bluebirds in this house.

Eastern Bluebird - Sialia sialis Peachtree Park, Atlanta, GA - March, 2016

Eastern Bluebird on March 25, 2016

If you’d like to build a house of your own, check out our page on birdhouse dimensions.