Autzoo.1635 net.rec.birds utzoo!andy Wed May 5 08:18:18 1982 Spring and Starlings The warbler scene in Ontario is stil pretty quiet. Most of the province (except for the southwest) has only seen Yellow-rumped, Pine, Black-and-White and Palm. Raptor movement is tapering off; huge flocks of Canada Geese moving north of Toronto on the weekend. Bloodroot and Trillium are in full bloom. Bob, keep evicting the Starlings but don't hope for too much. The only deterrent I know is what comes out of the barrel of a shotgun. I think it's too late for Screech Owls, but you still stand a good chance with Kestrels if you can get rid of the Starlings. Starlings prefer a deeper cavity than the owl and Kestrel, so if your nestbox is deeper than 9 inches (from bottom of box to bottom of entrance) you can try filling the box with wood shavings to bring it up to that level. Speaking of nesting, is anyone out there participating in gathering data for the World Breeding Atlas? Anyone going to Point Pelee next week might be interested in knowing that Wheatley Provincial Park has free camping until May 14. Happy Birding! Andy Rubaszek decvax!utzoo!andy ----------------------------------------------------------------- gopher://quux.org/ conversion by John Goerzen of http://communication.ucsd.edu/A-News/ This Usenet Oldnews Archive article may be copied and distributed freely, provided: 1. There is no money collected for the text(s) of the articles. 2. The following notice remains appended to each copy: The Usenet Oldnews Archive: Compilation Copyright (C) 1981, 1996 Bruce Jones, Henry Spencer, David Wiseman.