We Added One More Habitat to Site1a1 and Some Updates

We added one more habitat, consisting of 80 cocoons and a 4 by 8 habitat from Gene's project last year. The habitat is set at 64 inches height on a southeast facing direction.

New Habitat at Site 1a1c

Orientation of New Habitat at Site1a1c

And some general updates.

Good mud at Site1a1b:

We have observed some bees entering and leaving the tubes, here's one example:

20190317BOB Gilbert Site1a2b--bee emerging in the morning

We removed the wood cover from Site1a2c since the bees were flying around, not entering and we now have it covered with chicken wire:

20190317BOB Gilbert Site1a2c-removed cover since chicken wire in place

And finally, we have lots of birds and hummingbirds at Site1a2 since we have been attracting and feeding them for several years. You can't see the color in the hummingbird until it flies away displaying a burst of red iridescence: