After hearing from Anna Urcioloa last week that one of my prothonotary  nest 
boxes was in shambles at Hughes Hollow, I went out there this PM.  I  was 
quite upset to find both boxes were destroyed by vandalism, bashed apart,  with 
the pieces floating in the water..
 
In the fifteen years that I have maintained a prothonotary next box  "trail," 
I have never found any vandalism.  All the other boxes are on NPS  land, so 
this might account for the difference.  In any case, I will not be  replacing 
the boxes at HH.
 
I would like to pinpoint when the vandalism occurred, so if anyone  remembers 
the status of the two boxes at HH, I would appreciate hearing off  line.  One 
was just past the gate in the empoundment on the left, the other  in the 
second empoundment on the right.  
 
Bob Mumford
Darnestown