Date: 2/17/26 12:05 pm From: Kent Fiala (via carolinabirds Mailing List) <carolinabirds...> Subject: Re: Blue gray gnatcatcher FOY
It's about a month early for the main wave of migrants, but individuals sometimes overwinter.
Kent Fiala
On 2/17/2026 2:30 PM, Isabel Reddy wrote: > Hello, > > I’m pretty sure I saw a Blue gray gnatcatcher today. FOY. > > Is this early for them? > > > Chapel Hill, NC > > *From: *<carolinabirds-request...> > <carolinabirds-request...> on behalf of Norman Budnitz > <carolinabirds...> > *Date: *Sunday, February 8, 2026 at 4:28 PM > *To: *Christopher Hill <chill...> > *Cc: *carolinabirds listserve <carolinabirds...> > *Subject: *Re: bird box squirrel preventer > > We use these for our bluebird nest boxes. These are 1.5 inch diameter. > There are also 1.125 inch versions. There may be other sizes available. > > https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09295PMPV?ref_=ppx_hzod_title_dt_b_fed_asin_title_0_0&th=1 > <https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09295PMPV?ref_=ppx_hzod_title_dt_b_fed_asin_title_0_0&th=1> > > Norm > > On Sun, Feb 8, 2026 at 12:47 PM Christopher Hill > <carolinabirds...> wrote: > > Hi all, > > I have a box that Great Crested Flycatchers nest in every spring > and summer. In the winter some squirrel always makes it their > personal project to enlarge the hole and turn it into a squirrel > nest. I would like to install a metal guard with 1 5/8" hole (or > whatever, I'd have to go back and check the proper diameter) to > prevent a third re-occurrence when I reclaim the box for > flycatchers this spring. Just a piece of sheet metal with a hole > and no sharp edges or burrs (so I don't want to try freehanding > with tin snips, for example). Googling doesnm't work for any > combination of words I have come up with - infinite places wanting > to sell you baffles for a pole, but no metal hole guards. Anybody > have an idea or a source? > > CH > > Chris Hill, Ph.D. > Professor > Biology Department > Coastal Carolina University > Office: Douglas 207H > (843) 349-2567 > email: <chill...> > > > > -- > Norm Budnitz > Chapel Hill > North Carolina
