Return of the Migrators

With the arrival of migratory song birds a week ago we spent an afternoon cleaning-out nest boxes for our cavity-nesting friends.

A couple of 2023 buck scrapes in the foreground beneath the oak tree branches, a box in the background and our chariot.

 

 

This is a remarkably typical house wren nest.

 

Deployed two new boxes, replaced one (bringing a damaged box home for repair).  

 

And we evicted some white-footed deer mice from several boxes too.

 

Fifty-five total boxes available for occupancy.

 

Raising a toast to affordable housing!