A report for last Sunday:
As the spring continues to warm, I am tardier with getting reports out.
We had our first hatch, box #7, as park visitors enjoyed the mini mergansers on the wetland. We have seen nesting activity in 11 of our 16 boxes so far. We should be seeing more hatches on the 25th.
We made a quick and dirty mod to new box #3 (the one with the upside down door), but the screening that we tacked in place could be made more secure. Not a moment too soon, because we have 25 eggs incubating in that box. Box #1, also in the new pool, also has an excessive number of eggs.
Robin is scheduled to be joining us next Sunday. The plan was for her to cover an absence, but there will now be five of us, so perhaps we can cover the boxes more quickly. 10-day weather forecast suggests rain, so I will watch the forecasts as Sunday approaches.
Thank you all!