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2dCousinDave wrote:
Well, bluebirds are very predictable. 13 days from when she began incubation, they should hatch. In this case that would be next Thursday, April 3. Then 17 days later they will most likely fledge. On that day I set all the cameras and spend the entire day watching the nestbox trying to get a picture of each one as it makes that first "leap of faith." I usually get several of them.

Here's one from 2 years ago that I happen to have handy.