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Old 05-11-2024, 08:28 AM
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Originally Posted by Marmaduke View Post
Wonderfully stated! We live on a lake. 6-7 ducklings born every time we look in the Spring. 3 usually make it a month. Eagle and Osprey know Survival of the Fittest.

#1.Wrens are the only birds that fit into the bluebird house hole.
Can't stop it.

#2 Read about how to install a "Proper" Bluebird house or do not do it... take it down.
For instance, not a wood post, because it's easy for snakes to get those eggs. My husband got us a galvanized post for our house and we did NOT put it up near other trees or shrubs.

It's all a beautiful balance of mother nature. It is not murder.
When I used to fly fish, I saw large Pike take ducklings from off the water.
It's a hard life for young birds and animals everwhere.
They have every right to be paranoid, that something is out to get them!