Bird Watching: Spring sextuplets chirp & chip their way into the world, 0 by BirdieBlue

BirdieBlue wrote:
This picture was the morning of day #15 from hatching...also the day that they fledged. Later this dday when I set out mealworms the parents flew into the trees with their beaksfull of worms rather that into the nest box. Man was I surprised!. Bluebirds seem much more developed that the typical "nest"birds when they fledge. Both clutches that have fledged from here were apparently up in the trees within hours. Where they were nurtured and fed by the parents for about a week, after which they returned to learn about feeding themselves... It looks like Mealworms, when available is what the parents like to bring them to for their beginning self feed. Watching them learn how to land on what they are aiming to land on is hilarious.