Four bluebird eggs hatch!

Welcome back, baby bluebird lovers! We have four bluebird nestlings and probably even a fifth by now! Saturday morning, my oldest son and I went out to check the nestbox…and there were two baby bluebirds! The nest had already been cleaned out, too…not an eggshell piece to be found anywhere. About four hours later we went back out with the camera, and this is what we saw! Two more eggs had hatched, and once again, all traces of their shells were gone.

I’m pretty sure that we saw the female take one of the shells out of the nestbox just before we came out that second time. She flew up to a wide branch about fifty feet from the box and 20 feet up in the air. She dropped what she was carrying onto the branch, jumped on it, pecked at it, wiped across it, and scratched at it. I’m guessing that it’s a way of protecting the nest, to take the shells far away and break them into small pieces. Then if a raccoon finds the leftovers, he’s not as close to a free meal.

I wasn’t able to check the nest this morning, so it’s still a mystery whether the last egg has hatched or not. I’ll check it tomorrow morning (Tuesday) and try to have the pictures posted by 1:30 that afternoon. See you then!  Dave  P.S. Our boys say hello, too!

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