Nightwings406 at aol.com wrote:
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> Sunday, Feb. 25th, my husband and I watched 8 Western Bluebirds on Swauk
> Prairie (just outside Cle Elum). One family was fighting over a nest box with a House Sparrow.

If the lid of the bluebird box has holes or is replaced with wire
mesh, the House Sparrows will not use it and the Bluebirds don't mind
getting there heads wet from time to time.

Jerry and Sandy Converse
Grand Coulee, WA.
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