Bird Watching: Bluebird thread #10, 1 by 2dCousinDave

2dCousinDave wrote:
Yes, it's about time for that. They are about 44 days old and can feed themselves nicely. He does take worms to her and today she has laid her second egg. It seems the thing that worries Papa most is the fledges hanging around the nestbox. In a strange way the BBs try to hide the fact that there are eggs or hatchlings there. I guess its their instinctive fear of preditors, and the fledges hang out on the box and on the sundial or the fence behind the box. They even try to get involved in chasing HOSP when they come near the nestbox. And they really do get in the way. I hope they stay around a few days more. They need more time.

Here is a shot on the sundial. Originally there were four fledglings there and Papa chased them away, one by one. This is the one that can't understand.