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flyaway > BOX 8 October 25: Because Box 8 is too close to a residence, we had planned to move this one too. But when we got here, we discovered that like Box 5, this box had acquired new tenants: a family of mice! Since no birds will be using the box over the winter anyway, we closed it quietly and left the mice in peace.
flyaway > BOX 5 October 25: This box never did get any residents, so we decided it should be changed. We also wanted to relocate it to a spot that would be more easily accessible for monitoring, since this one is full of vigorous vines in the summer. The county's natural resources coordinator came out to confer about the box, and help us move it.
flyaway > BOX 5 October 25: We dug a new hole for the box, but when we picked it up to replant it, we discovered a nest of paper wasps under the piece of wood that supports the blue predator guard. Although the season is just about over and they will die in the cold, all of us wanted to let them finish out their lives normally and peacefully rather than disturbing the nest by hammering the post into the ground. So we left the post on its side on the ground, and left.
flyaway > BOX 8 June 16: We pulled all the contaminated nesting material out of the box and shook out the rest of the ants. A few remained in the crevices, so we left the box on the ground -- away from where the rest of the ants were -- so they would crawl out on their own.
flyaway > BOX 8 June 16: The ants are running around tending to the colony's eggs.
flyaway > BOX 8 June 4: We had been checking on the HOSP nest weekly, and the parents were continuing to incubate the eggs. But this week, we discovered that a swarm of ants had taken over the box for their own nest. The HOSPs, realizing their eggs were not viable, threw them out and left. We didn't have the tools to clean it out with us, so we had to come back another day.
flyaway > BOX 4 June 16: One of the remaining three chicks is hunkered down because of the intrusion, but peers curiously to see what's going on.
flyaway > BOX 4 June 16: Three of the chicks have fledged! The other three look ready, and will probably be gone by tomorrow.
flyaway > BOX 4 June 4: The six chicks' feathers are growing in rapidly. They're about half grown.
BOX 8


October 25:

Because Box 8 is too close to a residence, we had planned to move this one too. But when we got here, we discovered that like Box 5, this box had acquired new tenants: a family of mice! Since no birds will be using the box over the winter anyway, we closed it quietly and left the mice in peace.
flyaway > BOX 8 October 25: Because Box 8 is too close to a residence, we had planned to move this one too. But when we got here, we discovered that like Box 5, this box had acquired new tenants: a family of mice! Since no birds will be using the box over the winter anyway, we closed it quietly and left the mice in peace.
BOX 8


October 25:

Because Box 8 is too close to a residence, we had planned to move this one too. But when we got here, we discovered that like Box 5, this box had acquired new tenants: a family of mice! Since no birds will be using the box over the winter anyway, we closed it quietly and left the mice in peace.
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