Home Sweet Home

I put up the second PVC Chickadee nestbox this afternoon and within 10 minutes, two little Chickadees were checking it out. I grabbed my camera and went back out to try to capture them at the box but they didn't like me being so close.

Looking closer at the lilac bushes in this image I can see buds.Spring is on it's way!

The first PVC nestbox I put up is way out back, about 300' feet from the house. I packed both of them full with wood chips so the Chickadees can excavate their own holes. I walked out there to check on it today and I could see that some of the wood chips have been removed. I haven't been able to see any birds at that box but it's so far away that it's hard to see.

There's also window screening inside each box so the parents can climb up to the hole to get out and the babies can climb up to look out until they're ready to leave the nest.



As the birds remove the wood chips they usually carry them away from the nest to drop them so they won't call attention to predators. I hope both these boxes will be used this Spring. It'll be fun watching them. I'll try to get some videos.