Another activity that I enjoy is building and maintaining bird boxes on my land. Bluebirds, Tree Swallows, Wrens and Chickadees all make use of my boxes. Mice also use them and if I'm lucky occasionally a Flying Squirrel will raise a litter in them.
A box full of hungry Chickadee chicks.
A Tree Swallow hen nestled under some feathers sitting on her eggs. I always wonder where they collect the feathers they use to line their nests. They seem to be the soft downy breast feathers of ducks.
