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

2dCousinDave wrote:
I see I have a few questions to answer. First, still waiting for number four. I've all but given up.

Mrs Ed, your coffee cup ideas sound good to me. And both yours and OP's ideas are very good. The titmice are nesting again too so I may have some more intersting shots of them soon.

Muddy, check back a little later tonight. I will look for the file I hid those shots in.

Yes, Brenda, I do buy my mealworms. For the past 18 months or so I have gotten them from Sunshine in Oregon. I have been very satisfied but they just raised their prices so I may look for some place closer . There are several places in Ohio and I think one or two down your way. I think Bet Zimmerman has a list of web sites and/or phone numbers on her Sialis site. http://www.sialis.org/bluebirdstore.htm#mealworms
I don't expect to find them any cheaper, but maybe I can save on the shipping if they are closer to me.

And finally, Coo, I am sorry but I know very little about feeding eggshells. I only know when I look inside the box, another one has hatched and there are no eggshels in the nest and I watch very closely when she exits the box. Only once have I seen her carry part of a shell out of the nestbox, and that was several years ago.

OK, let me add a picture totally unrelated to all these comments but one you may find interesting if you like to see the detail of the feathers. This was a BB that fledged last year. Instead of flying to the tree as they usually do, he flew to the deck where I was standing. Directly toward me, in fact, and landed at my feet. The parents were going crazy. He then flew over to the window and clung to the screen for a few minutes, so this picture was taken when he was about 3 minutes out of the nestbox.

Dave