Archive for June, 2008
Let the bird watching resume!
Hello again! Sorry for the empty week and lack of updates, but we literally just drove in this morning from a trip west to Missouri. I haven’t even checked the bluebirds myself, so I’m as anxious as you are for news of our nestlings. I promise I’ll give you all a full update tomorrow!
Just for [...]
Baby Eastern Bluebirds…day ten!
Just a quick update for today and another fun look inside the nestbox. These three bluebird nestlings are growing fast and furious! Look at the length and coverage of the feathers now, and there are even some tail feathers showing on the right side of the picture. They truly look like little bluebirds now! Hope you [...]
Day nine of baby bluebird watching!
Welcome back! If you’re just joining us in this journey, today is day nine for our three Eastern Bluebird nestlings. You can scroll down the page to see their development and the changes from previous days. And if you’ve been here for a while, can you believe how fuzzy they’re getting and how crowded [...]
Peeking inside a bluebird nestbox…day eight!
Okay, here are the baby bluebird pictures from this morning, day eight! The feathers are really extending out of the sheaths now, and you can see less and less of the nestlings’ pink skin. I added a couple of extreme close-ups that show the wing and head in super detail. The heads are much more [...]
Bluebird nestling pictures…day seven!
I’ve got a great look inside the nestbox for you today! You can really see the sheaths and feather tips clearly now (see close-up picture of one of the wings). They look like little spikes. The wings, spine, and head are really increasing in coverage now. More and more, they are looking like bluebirds! And [...]
Eastern Bluebird nestlings day six!
Greetings baby bluebird lovers! We are on day six for our nestlings, and here’s your look inside the nestbox! The picture is not as focused as I’d like because I’m shooting into a mirror to get a look straight down into the nest. The camera keeps wanting to focus on the mirror rather than the [...]
Eastern Bluebird nestlings three days old!
Well, today is day three, and apparently the remaining eggs are indeed in trouble. I’ve read up on the subject, and if the eggs have gone 72 hours since the others have hatched, then it is best to remove them (so they won’t break in the nest and rot). So, if things are unchanged tomorrow, [...]
Still three baby bluebirds and two eggs left…
I had to leave home early this morning, and at 6:45 am, this is what I saw in our nestbox (above). Still only three hatchlings and still two eggs left. I’m kind of concerned, to be honest. Our first brood earlier this year all hatched at the same time, so I’m wondering if these last [...]
Pictures of our three baby bluebirds! One day old!
Woo-hoo! Here are the promised pictures of our 1-day-old baby Eastern bluebirds! As of late this morning, three of the eggs had hatched, and two were still left. Note how the mama has already moved out the shells from the first three; bluebirds are meticulous nest keepers! The dad has already started his many feeding [...]
First bluebird egg has hatched!
Just a few pictures today and a quick update on the eggs…as I was leaving the house and rushing off to work, I gave the nestbox one last check, and one egg had hatched! We have a new baby bluebird! Sorry to not get a picture to you, but I’d already taken some earlier, uploaded, and [...]
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