Brettski
WOW great pond and wet land pics! How have the blue bird boxes worked out. I have had a hard time keeping out English house sparrows. I bet I have shot 4 boxes of 20 ga shells killing them and they just keep evicting my blue birds.
I work with a group of water fowlers and we have extensive wet land projects in PA, MD, and DE. I love your nesting boxes but wonder what your nesting rate is? Some of the boxes seem danger close. Nesting competition can be stressful on the birds and an over nesting can deplete the raw sources of protean needed when the ducklings are born. On some of our projects we have had to half our nest sites but it increased our success rate by as much as 90%. On our mallard nest we have noticed that height from the water can be an issue. The mallards shy away from nest above 5ft.
PS do you have any plains for the blue bird boxes they look cool,and I love the way you have all on hinges must make it nice to clean out!
