As usual at this time of year, I checked my Prothonotary nest boxes along  
the C&O Canal towpath.  Results were disappointing.
 
Rileys 1 - Empty
Rileys 2 - Filled to the brim with nesting material, with new moss on  top. 
 Looks like the last was brought in by a chickadee.
Rileys 3 - Old bluebird nest.  Empty, young had apparently  fledged.  This 
nest was built this spring.
Rileys 4 - 1 newly hatched, four warbler eggs
Rileys 5 - Empty
Rileys 6 - Five titmice eggs, angry parents.
 
Violets 1 - Wasp infested.  Evicted.
 
Blockhouse point 1 - Empty
 
Hughes Hollow - Vandalism has occurred multiple times, so no longer  
maintaining.
 
This is the fewest nesting warblers I have encountered in fifteen years or  
more.  Cause?  Hopefully second nestings or late first will  occur.
 
Bob Mumford
Darnestown
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