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Another 5 Bluebird Eggs!

KingstonsMom — Thu, 04 Jul 2019 20:04:01 GMT

A couple of weeks ago, a family of Bluebirds nested in one of our boxes and hatched and fledged 5 Bluebird babies!

Now, we have a new family in another box that have laid 5 eggs!

They're so much fun to watch while hatching and raising their family!

10 more Bluebirds will now be in our world and we will probably get one more family before the season ends here.

Mother Nature is so much fun, for me anyway!

Re: Another 5 Bluebird Eggs!

golding76 — Thu, 04 Jul 2019 20:09:47 GMT

No greater beauty than what Mother Nature shares with us. (I'm including the birth of humans in my statement and not invoking any religious figure on purpose. Whatever one believes, nature and birth are beautiful miracles.)

Re: Another 5 Bluebird Eggs!

ECBG — Thu, 04 Jul 2019 20:09:48 GMT

@KingstonsMom Oh! What fun! They are so blessed to have you as a mom!

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Kachina624 — Thu, 04 Jul 2019 20:29:51 GMT

Lucky you! I have bluebird houses but they've never been used.

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bamagirl 12 — Thu, 04 Jul 2019 21:28:47 GMT

Yes you are soooo lucky. My bb house has been up 25 yrs and finally last yr (2018) a pair built a nest and I saw 3 blue eggs in it. After that, I looked for babies (not in the box but on the ground) and didn't see any. Finally in late fall I removed an empty nest.

This yr another pair built a nest, but then disapeared (no eggs). A few weeks later, a pair of small wrens added to the nest including blocking the entry hole, to the point nothng could get inside and it sits there empty.

Hope I live long enough to see babies!

Re: Another 5 Bluebird Eggs!

riley1 — Thu, 04 Jul 2019 21:35:11 GMT

@KingstonsMom - You are so lucky. We have them all around our house but never had a nest. They even put nesting materials in my newspaper box and I had hoped we would have eggs.

They are just the cutest and so much fun to watch. I love watching and photographing nature.

Re: Another 5 Bluebird Eggs!

pupwhipped — Thu, 04 Jul 2019 21:45:25 GMT

I've been enjoying a family of bluebirds that swoop on to our platform feeder. Best I can tell it's the Mom, Dad, and two "young'uns." Ha! Bluebirds are a chirpy bunch. And the parents are very protective of those babies. I've seen them chase big ole blue jays away from the feeder while the young ones are there. And they've also gotten a chipmunk on the run a few times. Fearless!!!

Re: Another 5 Bluebird Eggs!

50Mickey — Thu, 04 Jul 2019 22:47:36 GMT

@KingstonsMom I'm also on my second nesting of bluebirds. Five beautiful blue eggs in the nesting box. So much fun to watch the mama blue bird fly back and forth to the box with pine straw building the nest while daddy sits on top of the box. Tipical.

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Shelbelle — Thu, 04 Jul 2019 23:11:45 GMT

We had them too a few years ago, like turquoise, then one day we found them all cracked and broken, the vultures had gotten to them, so sad.

Re: Another 5 Bluebird Eggs!

Snoopp — Thu, 04 Jul 2019 23:17:36 GMT

I have never seen bluebirds. I love the cardinals and blue jays. We have plenty of those.

I rescued a little catbird last month that was sitting in the road. I didn't know what type of bird it was till I brought it to the recovery place. I think it's still alive and being cared for. They are like mockingbirds.

Re: Another 5 Bluebird Eggs!

Skyegirl21 — Thu, 04 Jul 2019 23:20:08 GMT

How sweet IG! I bought a BB house maybe a 2 months ago, but no one moved in...

Do you offer worms or seed nearby to attract them?

Re: Another 5 Bluebird Eggs!

NickNack — Thu, 04 Jul 2019 23:23:58 GMT

@Skyegirl21 wrote:
How sweet IG! I bought a BB house maybe a 2 months ago, but no one moved in...
Do you offer worms or seed nearby to attract them?

@Skyegirl21 Bluebirds don't eat seed. You could offer them mealworms or suet. If the house is a style that bluebirds like, it should be enough to attract them.

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shoekitty — Thu, 04 Jul 2019 23:38:55 GMT

went have bluebirds where I live in california. you are so lucky!! i have only seen photos of bluebirds and they are so darn cute.

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phoenixbrd — Fri, 05 Jul 2019 02:58:54 GMT

@Shelbelle wrote:
We had them too a few years ago, like turquoise, then one day we found them all cracked and broken, the vultures had gotten to them, so sad.

Re: Another 5 Bluebird Eggs!

KingstonsMom — Fri, 05 Jul 2019 06:38:59 GMT

@50Mickey wrote:
@KingstonsMom I'm also on my second nesting of bluebirds. Five beautiful blue eggs in the nesting box. So much fun to watch the mama blue bird fly back and forth to the box with pine straw building the nest while daddy sits on top of the box. Tipical.

@50Mickey

Yep, Dad supervises the nest building, but fun to see Dad doing diaper duty when the babies hatch, LOL!

Re: Another 5 Bluebird Eggs!

KingstonsMom — Fri, 05 Jul 2019 06:45:49 GMT

@Shelbelle wrote:
We had them too a few years ago, like turquoise, then one day we found them all cracked and broken, the vultures had gotten to them, so sad.

@Shelbelle

Awww, so sad! Put up a box and they'll be protected from predators!

Re: Another 5 Bluebird Eggs!

KingstonsMom — Fri, 05 Jul 2019 07:04:40 GMT

@Skyegirl21 wrote:
How sweet IG! I bought a BB house maybe a 2 months ago, but no one moved in...
Do you offer worms or seed nearby to attract them?

@Skyegirl21

Bluebirds eat mostly insects from the lawn and berries, but we do feed them dried mealworms from our feeder, they LOVE mealworms!

They'll check out the house for a while before they decide to settle in, just make sure the entrance to the box faces East!

Re: Another 5 Bluebird Eggs!

50Mickey — Fri, 05 Jul 2019 11:41:52 GMT

My son in law put up the nesting box for me. He put it in the middle of the lawn with nothing ese around it. I learned that blue birds do not like the boxes around trees. They like them out in the open where they feel less vunerable to predators. I did see a larger red bird sitting on top of the box the other day. I don't believe that bird could fit through the hole. Hope not.

Re: Another 5 Bluebird Eggs!

songbird — Fri, 05 Jul 2019 17:31:34 GMT

https://vimeo.com/9479342?ab

Re: Another 5 Bluebird Eggs!

marlielou — Mon, 08 Jul 2019 03:50:57 GMT

sweet! @KingstonsMom

They're lucky to be with you!