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Fri, 13 Apr 2007 12:45:49 -0400
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A pair of bluebirds had been seen regularly in my yard (Copley Twp in
western Summit Co) for the last 3-4 weeks, often investigating the nesting
box. This would be only the second year I have hosted nesting bluebirds in
my yard! Tuesday, 4/10, I found blue-gray red-tipped feathers on the ground
near my bluebird box. The male bluebird was seen the next day, but I have
not seen the female. There is a cooper's hawk, or several, that are year
'round residents of the neighborhood. I will be quite upset if the female
bluebird ended up on his dinner plate! Will the male bluebird find a new
mate? Or will he leave and not return? I am hoping the feathers turn out to
be a robin's... but I don't have a good feeling.

On a more pleasant note, a brown thrasher and a male eastern towhee showed
up in the yard on 4/2. Towhee is a yard first! The thrasher has been hanging
around ever since. 

Karen Gray

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