Bird Watching: Bluebirds - Spring 2012 - part 2, 1 by

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Thanks Rose. I did get something a few days ago that I had never seen before. I have a juvenile that feeds his sister. This particular female is very shy. In fact it was more than a month before I saw all five of them together and I had assumed that one had been lost . She simply will not go into the cage feeder when all the others are there. She waits in a nearby tree until they leave and as a result, more often than not the bowl is empty when she gets there. Well, her brother brings a worm out and feeds it to her. I have seen many juveniles who try to help feed the nestlings, but never this.