[Mnbird] Bluebird timing

[DONALD GRUSSING Owner]

A neighborhood bluebird was feeding young in our yard two days ago. I believe this is the same pair that tried to nest several weeks ago but something removed the eggs (house wren). 

The bluebirds, robins, brown thrashers, house finches, chickadees, woodpeckers, cardinals, and many unidentified are feasting on fruit of the Mulberry trees in the yard. They are messy, nasty, strange trees that are magnets for fruit eating bird. Every home should have a couple. As soon as their fruit is gone the Nanny Berry bushes will fruit and keep them coming. 

Only the deer are eating the numerous Elderberry fruits at present. 

Don Grussing 
Minnetonka 


From: "mnbird" <mnbird at lists.mnbird.net> 
To: "Alan Stankevitz" <alan at iwishicouldfly.com> 
Cc: "Betsy Kerr" <bjkerr at umn.edu>, "mnbird" <mnbird at lists.mnbird.net> 
Sent: Monday, June 22, 2020 2:53:28 PM 
Subject: Re: [Mnbird] Bluebird timing 

Out at Carver Park Reserve recently, I had a couple of immature Blues land on my car as I pulled up, eventually pooping nicely all over both front doors--while they watched themselves in the rearview mirrors? It certainly seems as if a second nesting could be well under way in our area. 
Lowell R Plymouth 

On Mon, Jun 22, 2020 at 11:47 AM Alan Stankevitz via Mnbird < [ mailto:mnbird at lists.mnbird.net | mnbird at lists.mnbird.net ] > wrote: 


Our first pair here in SE MN successfully raised five chicks and is now raising their second brood. The first brood was in a box away from our house and now they have nested in the box closest to our house that has a camera. :) So, it would certainly be a possibility this is their second brood. 

Alan Stankevitz 
Mound Prairie Township, Houston Co. MN 

> On Jun 22, 2020, at 11:37 AM, Betsy Kerr via Mnbird < [ mailto:mnbird at lists.mnbird.net | mnbird at lists.mnbird.net ] > wrote: 
> 
> For two of the last five or so summers, we have enjoyed hosting an Eastern Bluebird pair in a nestbox in our Golden Valley yard (two blocks from N. Minneapolis, but near Theodore Wirth Park and a full block of just grass). This year, one or both of a pair were seen or heard on occasional visits, starting around late May (May 23rd was the past arrival date), but they never stayed for long. Now the pair have been spending much more time in and around the box, leading me to think that they are going to nest here after all. My question is about the timing. It seems late for a first brood, but too early for a second. Any thoughts? 
> 
> Betsy Kerr 
> Golden Valley, MN 
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