April 1 2010
Tree Swallows are Back!
Today Fresh Pond Ranger Jean Rogers and I put up 11 of the Reservation's 15 Tree Swallow boxes. The boxes are always taken down in the fall for cleaning and winter storage. As we were putting up a box on the hillside behind Neville Place, we heard a twittering sound, and looked up to see about 6 Tree Swallows circling overhead, the first we have seen this year. As we passed by other boxes that we had already put up, we noticed swallows already inspecting them.
As I took this photo of Box #1 in front of the Water Purification Facility, I discovered this swallow sitting on a branch above the box.
Elizabeth Wylde
2010 NEST BOX MAP
This year's nest box map includes 4 new boxes for Screech Owls and 3 new boxes for Wood Ducks or Hooded Mergansers, as well as the 4 Black-capped Chickadee boxes and 15 Tree Swallow boxes we already have.