Bluebird eggs
Bluebirds and butterflies
Morning everyone! Today’s pictures are from a recent trip to my parents’ house at Lake Gaston, NC. My mom loves gardening, so there’s always an abundance of beautiful flowers and therefore butterflies. I’m pretty sure this is a tiger swallowtail on a lantana bush.
They also have a bluebird box similar to ours, but they hadn’t [...]
Bluebird questions answered! (bluebirds, bluebird eggs, baby bluebirds, bluebird nests, bluebird box, bluebird nestbox, bluebird nestlings, nestboxes, mealworms, FAQ, and much more!)
Recently, a lot of you have found my blog through searching the web for info on bluebirds. Well, this post is specifically for you! I’ve put together a page of the most common questions about bluebirds and links to a good answer (mostly on the Sialis.org site run by Bet Zimmerman…she has a WEALTH of great [...]
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 [...]
Bluebird egg watch…day 11
“Houston, we are go for launch!” Today is day eleven of our female bluebird sitting on her five lovely eggs, so hatching is imminent…perhaps as early as tomorrow! Typically Eastern bluebird eggs hatch sometime between day 12 and 15, so we fully expect some baby bluebirds this weekend (hence the Apollo 13 reference above…that and [...]
Five bluebird eggs in the nest!
Three… then four… now five… five bluebird eggs! Awesome! We figure that Saturday was egg #4, and Sunday was egg #5, so that means today is day two for egg sitting. Our female bluebird is definitely on the nest most of the time now. I accidentally scared her out this morning when I opened the [...]
Three bluebird eggs already!
Wow! Now how’d that happen? Eastern bluebirds only lay one egg a day, so either I missed an egg when I checked on Wednesday, or mama blue put one in there right after I left. I saw her yesterday morning coming out after a long time inside the nestbox, so I had figured that would [...]
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 [...]
Eastern bluebird eggs…getting close to hatching!
Okay, it’s day 12 now, and the eggs are still unhatched and okay. All five are under the careful watch and care of this fella and his wife, so predators come near at your own risk!
In my last entry I promised you a story about a house wren who recently tried to take over our [...]
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