Top Photo: eastern bluebird eggs.

Of our six nest boxes, three hold bluebird eggs, two, five, and three for a total of ten eggs. The other three nest boxes are empty.

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The Cow Pasture nest box still contains two bluebird eggs. There have been two eggs in this nest since at least April 30’s inspection of the nest boxes, two weeks ago. These eggs should have hatched. I’ve not seen adult bluebirds in the area. Has this nest been abandoned?

The Explore the Wild nest box is empty. There was, however, one pine straw in the berry basket in the box. Was a bluebird inspecting the nest box and left the pine needle to stake a claim?

The Into the Mist nest box is empty.

The nest box on the east side of the parking deck is also empty.

There are five bluebird eggs in the nest box on the west side of the parking deck. A female was incubating and flew out of the nest when we approached.

Last week the bluebird nest in the Butterfly House nest box was half complete. It’s now finished and contains three bluebird eggs.

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We have a total of ten bluebird eggs in three different nest boxes (Cow Pasture – 2, Parking Deck West – 5, and Butterfly House – 3).