Dick Tuttle

Every year, on one of my nestbox trails, I usually give a nickname to an individual parent bird that shows unique behavioral characteristics. All of these nicknames have had affectionate intentions, but not all names have been worthy of publication. I have written about some, such as “My Little Chickadee” that used to cuss me […]

Disappointment, success, and new ideas made my efforts to help golden swamp warblers challenging in 2016. As I have reported before, my project of 45 nestjars and nestboxes is located on Alum Creek Lake along its northern and western shores opposite Hogback Road in Delaware County southeast of the small village of Kilbourne. Pipe posts

An Osprey nesting season starts well before fish hawks return from South America. Wherever Canada Geese can graze, Osprey nest platforms must be properly cleaned to limit competition from nesting geese and signs must be maintained to keep curious humans at a safe distance. Most times Dick Phillips and I, and occasionally other volunteers, have

In 2015, North America’s smallest falcon had 18 nestboxes in the northern third of Delaware County to choose from. They chose 14 boxes and 55 young fledged from 12 successful nests for an 85.7% nest success rate. From 67 eggs laid, 55 (82.1%) hatched and all hatchlings fledged for an average of 4.58 fledglings per

The AC-PROW Project consists of 45 nest structures that I call nestboxes, including 37 nestjars made from four-inch plastic drain pipe and eight wooden or wood/plastic fiber nestboxes. Four of the nestjars have experimental entrances designed to exclude probing woodpeckers. Forty of the project’s nestboxes make up 20 pairs where one of each pair has

Dick Tuttle reports on nest box usage and success for 2015 at the Delaware Wildlife Area.