Bird Watching: Search for a new Papa, 1 by 2dCousinDave

2dCousinDave wrote:
Well, he's out there and still at it this morning. Constant singing. You know, I never once heard Papa sing in the five years he was here. I heard him chirp when surprised, or when approaching the nestbox, but that was it. I used to wonder what people meant when they talked about the bluebirds singing. Also, I really wonder if this bird is one of Papa's offspring. It took him quite some time to figure out how to get into the cage feeder. All chicks that have fledged from one of my nestboxes were very skilled at getting into the feeder. Of course, they could forget. I am not schooled on bluebird memory. :-)

He has been in the nestbox this morning, apparently checking out the eggs, but so far he hasn't done anything to the eggs or the nest. He spends quite some time on and in the area of the NABS box, where Papa was killed. He often has feathers in his beak when he comes out of the box. Mama comes out of the Wilkerson PVC box and seems to flirt with him (wing-waving, flying together), but she soon returns to incubating her eggs and he to singing.

Here are a few random shots. It is still very early and the sun is a problem in some of them.