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| First five bluebirds hatched in Nesting Round 2 |
The
first five bluebirds from the second round of nesting have hatched. There are
eleven bluebird eggs in four other boxes. This week, the female bluebird who
always sat on her nest was not there. Inside were only two of the five original
eggs laid, and those two were more deeply embedded into the bottom of the nest
than is usual. I believe the nest has been abandoned and those two remaining
eggs are unviable. I also believe that bluebird pair moved to the box “next
door” (that had been used by chickadees and was emptied last week). A new
bluebird nest was constructed in that box and there is one blue egg in it.
Another box had five bluebird eggs in it last week, four were white and one was
more blue. The blue one has been rolled to the top edge of the nest this week.
Two
of the four tree swallow boxes today were filled with the chatter of week-old
and two-week-old youngsters. A female tree swallow sat on her nest in another
box, though the young hatchlings should be about a week old by now. The fourth
tree swallow box contained a female and her recently hatched young. Two boxes
on the trail are empty.
