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| Bluebirds, three days old or less |
The
first young birds have hatched on the trail. Six boxes contain six young
bluebirds and 18 bluebird eggs. Both nests with recently-hatched bluebirds also
contain an unhatched egg—one is likely unviable, one may simply not have
hatched yet—it is too soon to tell.
The chickadee/cowbird nest box contains one large fast-developing cowbird and at least one tiny chickadee that I could see. A parent chickadee scolded from a nearby tree.
Tree
swallows now occupy three boxes and have laid a total of 11 white eggs in their
beautiful feather-lined nests.
Only
one box still remains empty, though several bluebirds were in the area.
