These eggs aren't for eating!

Eggs in some of the nests this week! These eggs aren't for eating though, and even the giant hawk that lives at the cemetery leaves these babies alone! A normal bluebird ranges from a low of four eggs to a high of six eggs, with the average and of course most normal nest being five eggs. Mother bluebirds lay one egg each morning at dawn until all the eggs are laid. Then the mother sits on all of the eggs at the same time so they will hatch at around the same time.

Updates:

R family box: four eggs

C1: full bluebird nest with a mother in the box sitting on top of the nest

C2: six eggs (large nest) with the mother sitting on top of the nest (these eggs are being incubated which means no more eggs will be laid)

C3: four eggs with the mother and father bluebird flying around

C4: bluebird nest and the male and female bird flying nearby

C5: six eggs

Check back next week for more eggs and for some cute little babies (soon!)