I pass on the following news from Christine Johnston who discovered the Thunder Bay Violet-green Swallow: "I’m sorry to report that this morning a group of us watched the predation of the violet-green swallow’s nest box by a red squirrel. As the squirrel entered the box, all the other tree swallow gathered around to try and scare off the squirrel without success. The male tree swallow and the violet-green swallow flew around frantically and after a few minutes the red squirrel left the box. The pair stayed near the box and perched on the branch a few times but the violet-green never went in the box again.” A. Gilbert Thunder Bay

Hi Allan Can you give me a little information on the location and predator protection for the nest box that was predated. Was it on a free standing pole with baffle. Those kind of details. Thanks Bill Read Ontario Eastern Bluebird Society. On Sat, Jun 17, 2017 at 10:26 PM, Allan Gilbert via ONTBIRDS < birdalert@ontbirds.ca> wrote: > I pass on the following news from Christine Johnston who discovered the > Thunder Bay Violet-green Swallow: > > "I’m sorry to report that this morning a group of us watched the predation > of the violet-green swallow’s nest box by a red squirrel. As the squirrel > entered the box, all the other tree swallow gathered around to try and > scare off the squirrel without success. The male tree swallow and the > violet-green swallow flew around frantically and after a few minutes the > red squirrel left the box. The pair stayed near the box and perched on the > branch a few times but the violet-green never went in the box again.” > > A. Gilbert > Thunder Bay > > > > _______________________________________________ > ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists (OFO) - the > provincial birding organization. > Send bird reports to birdalert@ontbirds.ca > For information about ONTBIRDS including how to unsubscribe visit > http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdssetup > Posting guidelines can be found at http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/ > view/information.ontbirdsguide > Visit the OFO Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/ > OntarioFieldOrnithologists > >