http://www.thebsp.org/blog/2009/04/14/bluebird-fanatic/ Where it's all about Bluebirds and other Nest Cavity Birds accross Pennsylvania and Elsewhere Sat, 07 Aug 2010 17:08:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://www.thebsp.org/blog/2009/04/14/bluebird-fanatic/comment-page-1/#comment-320 Harry Schmeider Tue, 14 Apr 2009 16:39:05 +0000 http://www.thebsp.org/blog/?p=138#comment-320 Welcome Tammy to the BSP blog, Females will fight over a nest box and so will males. The female will chase another female away and the males will do battle with other males as well. As for the little nesting material just on the bottom of the nest box that's common. Its at times unpredictable concerning nest building of the female. Sometimes she builds a dummy nest so other bluebirds will not use the nest box. But generally she starts to build a nest just exactly as you have explained. With just a little grass on the bottom of the nest box and because of early spring she wants to leave her mark that she plans to build a nest there. And yes Males can have two females at the same time if the nest boxes are too close to one another. All sort of combination can and do occur during nesting seasons. Please keep us informed about your experience so we can all learn from it. Thanks for blogging and sharing your experience with bluebirding. Welcome Tammy to the BSP blog, Females will fight over a nest box and so will males. The female will chase another female away and the males will do battle with other males as well. As for the little nesting material just on the bottom of the nest box that’s common. Its at times unpredictable concerning nest building of the female. Sometimes she builds a dummy nest so other bluebirds will not use the nest box. But generally she starts to build a nest just exactly as you have explained. With just a little grass on the bottom of the nest box and because of early spring she wants to leave her mark that she plans to build a nest there. And yes Males can have two females at the same time if the nest boxes are too close to one another. All sort of combination can and do occur during nesting seasons. Please keep us informed about your experience so we can all learn from it. Thanks for blogging and sharing your experience with bluebirding.

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