Bird Watching: Determined Bluebirds!, 0 by BirdieBlue

BirdieBlue wrote:
Daddy Blue is determined to have some offspring this year!
as some of you know the first nesting ended up in a black rat snake. (That one is gone, but there are surely more)
Then, while I was struggling trying to get a baffled pole &nestbx mounted they picked a horrible site. earlier this week I saw Mama Blue go into a long ago mounted box that I thought was home for either an owl or squirrel. Inside was a nest with 5 lovely blue eggs. the next day the eggs were gone.
So....that is the history of this years nesting attempts to date.
Currently...DaddyBlue showed no interest at all in the baffled pole box mounted approximately 15 feet from the site of the original nextbox that he chose and used for 3 years (this is #3)....Instead he would do his soft little sing/chirping voice and stare or fly to the site of the old box. I finally put it back where it has been and he immediately began hopping in and out giving moving in orders to Mama. That has been going on for 2 days and today I discovered an entire nest built. It appears to have no bottom however except for the wooden box itself. I think this female is a first year mother. Daddy's previous mate disappeared last year when the 2nd group of nestlings were 10 days old. A Coopers Hawk had been seen in the area.
After th first egg is laid I will remove the rain gutter downspout. I don't think there are any other predator "avenues" to the nest except for a gutter on the opposite side and other end of the house.
Updates will continue...hopefully with a successful outcome!

Sheri

Daddy Blue & Mama a favorite lookout station