More babies!

We are concluding the bluebird project in the next week or two.
So here's an update of the boxes.
C1: we took this box down because there were 15 bees flying in and around the nest
C2: nothing new going on here
C3: three tiny baby birds and an egg. the birds were tiny so there is still hope that the one egg will hatch.
C4: nothing new flying around here
C5: same as it has been
C6: bigger baby birds, 5 of them! :)
Nothing new went on in any of the other boxes. The ones that do not have nests now are pretty much done with their seasons.

Round 1/2

No, not round half, but the end of round one and the start of round 2 for the birds nesting season!

Updates from yesterday's check:

C1: 5 more birds successfully fledged! This was amazing to us because the first time we checked, there were 3 birds, 2 egg and the second time, we couldn't tell if all the birds had hatched. But no eggs were left in the nest, meaning 5 successful birds!

C2: round two for this nest and we've got baby birds! hopefully six of them, but they were too tiny to tell if all of them had hatched.

C3: 4 eggs, a somewhat smaller nest, but an incubating mother

C4: empty

C5: empty

C6: Round one for this new box. 5 young babies AND a mother nesting...check out the picture...the mother was in the nest WITH her babies

R Family box: no new nest after emptying it last week

School box: clean like usual

All other boxes have same status as before.

Just for reference, all pictures were taken by me and only me.

Don't forget to comment if you have a question, concern, or comment!

Thanks!

Flying totals ;)

Current Eggs: 18 eggs
Fledglings: 18 (plus 5, assuming all eggs in C1 hatched, and 5 more assuming all R Family birds fledged)
Current babies: none
Number of boxes on second nesting (regardless if nest or not): 5
Current nests (not including those with fledglings): 4
total meal worms used: 69 (rough approximate :D)
Number of boxes placed: 11
Number of boxes in use: 7

what else do you want to know? =]

Round 2

All but two boxes are moving on to round two of nesting.
C1 and R Family Box were uncheckable this week because they were finishing up round one and the birds were fledging.
C2: six eggs in the nest, mother and father birds nearby hopefully babies next week :)
C3: new nest with two eggs in it!
C4: five eggs
C5: nothing, empty again
C6: five eggs (impressive for a brand new box!)
school box: absolutely empty...again *sigh* bluebirds have been seen at school, just not in this box
all other boxes remain unused
not much going on this week with the bluebirds, hopefully some pictures and babies next week! :)

Birds in Motion

Yupp, that's right, photographing the bluebirds in motion was my goal for this week's check. I think i was pretty successful, got about 5 or 6 really great pictures. Check out the best one below!

Normal box updates:

C1: last week, 3 babies had hatched, this week, the babies were much bigger, and it was impossible to tell how many eggs/babies there were.

C2: Last week, we saw two nests after the birds had fledged. This week, there were SIX EGGS!!! hopefully all six will hatch into bluebirds :)

C3: four bluebirds successfully fledged. One egg was left, meaning our previous count of 5 babies was incorrect. A new nest had also formed!

C4: last week we cleanedout the box from the fledglings and this week a new nest was formed with one egg!

C5: box remained empty after the fledglings left two weeks ago

C6: New box with an active nest. No clue as to how many eggs because the mother bird was nesting when we went to check!

R Family box: no check this week because the birds are fledging

All other boxes remained the same...don't forget to check for more exciting bluebird news next week!