Bird Watching: Bluebird Thread # 7, 1 by 2dCousinDave

2dCousinDave wrote:
Kristin The eggs should hatch 13 days after she chooses to begin incubation, which is usually when the last egg was laid, but it could be a few days later, depending mostly on the weather. One of the hardest things to do is remove the eggs. It only happened to me once; 2 years ago . It was the first nesting of the season and we had a very cold snap. I waited 20 days and she kept sitting all that time. They say if you don't interfere, she will sit until about 30 days, then abandon the nest. I candled the eggs, then broke them one at a time and was quite relieved that none had developed anything. I cleaned out the box and she built a nest 2 days later. Bluebirds are wonderfully tolerant of our interference.

Well, it's pretty late but I am just looking at today's catch (I mean, of course the pictures I took today). Hopefully we will find something interesting.

For starters, here is Mama and 2 fledglings, about 125 feet away. She is headed back to the feeder for more worms.

This message was edited May 1, 2008 12:24 AM