Bird Watching: Bluebird thread Number 5, 1 by 2dCousinDave

2dCousinDave wrote:
Sorry to dissappoint you but when I last checked,about 3:00 pm, still no hatchlings. It was rather raw and raining pretty hard just before dark and I couldn't bring myself to chase her out so I could look again. Maybe it's a good thing they weren't hatched today. Probably a lot easier for her to keep the eggs warm tonight than the little birds.

I did look several times during the day and interestingly, each time after I did, the male flew down and went in to check the interior before the female went back in.

Here is a shot of the eggs. There is an interesting color flaw on the egg nearest the camera that I had not seen previously. She keeps turning them and it was probably out of sight on the underside when I looked previously.

Dave