Happy Mother's Day!

Happy Mother's Day to all you mothers out there! (including our lovely bluebird moms that have been busy at work caring for their new chicks!)

We checked bluebird boxes today, and it was super crowded at the cemetary so we couldn't hang a new box, but we will for sure next week. Here's a run-down on all the boxes:

C1: last week had a fully developed nest, this week FIVE EGGS! hopefully we'll see babies here in the next few weeks.

C2: Last week we had 5 little baby chicks, this week they are a bundle of fuzz. check out the picture to the right. They were all bundled up at the front of the box, so we had to snap pictures quickly in order for them not to fall out. Their eyes are open and they have grown big enough to where their beaks don't take up 50% of their body.

C3: A mother bird was incubating her eggs last week when we checked this box. Today, five little tiny babies chirped happily from inside their cozy nest. In the picture, you can see their eyes, beaks, and fuzz on the tops of their heads. The scaly leg looking things are the beginnings of their wings...cool huh? :)

C4: Like box 2, th

ere were little babies last week, and this week, there were BIG babies, bigger than the fuzz balls in box 2. Sadly, there were only four babies, one fell from the nest and died (proof on the ground). We won't be checking either box 4 or box 2 again for two more weeks, to make sure the babies do not fledge early. Picture to the right is of these babies. Note their feathery-ish heads, beaks, and eyes.

C5: Though we could not check this box today, we still drove by it. We could hear the chirps of the babies on the inside from the ground, which was pretty cool. We put some mealworms on the ground for the mom and dad birds and watched them dive down and pick them up for their babies. We will be able to check this box either next weekend or the weekend after.

R family box: our only active box that is outside the cemetary had five eggs in it. Next week when we check, there should be tiny babies.

the school box has not been checked yet this week.

another box will be added to the cemetary to accomodate the new bluebirds, but it was hectic on mother's day, so we'll wait until next week :)