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Bird Watching: 6 Eastern Bluebird eggs again this year!!, 0 by BirdieBlue

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Photo of 6 Eastern Bluebird eggs again this year!!
BirdieBlue wrote:
I got a bunch of pictures this morning by putting out lots of meal worms. Even the Mom Robin took some and a visiting Tufted Titmouse was very observant and captured any dropped from the Bluebirds Very full mouth fulls.
I don't know how those BB parents could have fed the babies as fast as they were taking in 10's @ a time of meal worms. they'd each fill their mouths, go into the nest box and immediately come out for more. There is rain coming and with other birds watching the meal worm dish now perhaps they were just trying to store up as many in the nest box as possible and will go back later and feed the babies.
I'll be very interested to hear Dave's take on this. I do not want to put out to many and get the nest box full of meal worms that might "bug" the babies.
I'm so sorry my pictures can't be better. Between my little 5x camera and my tremor being exaggerated today , I'm doing the best I can.

Here goes: