October 27, 2026
Monday Mystery Answered
On Monday I wrote… Yesterday morning, top Celery Farm Nature Preserve birder Julie McCall saw an unusual-looking hawk over the…
Where in the Celery Farm Natural Area are these next boxes located (tough question), and why are they located like that? And what's with the opening?
These boxes are located in the little-known Laino Wood section of the CF.
They are bluebird boxes, and I believe that Fred Weber placed them in pairs because House Sparrows will only occupy one of the boxes.
If House Sparrows do move in to one box, the other box can be used by Eastern Bluebirds.
Some bluebird boxes have narrow slits for openings to make them less attractive to … you guessed it…. House Sparrows.