The only thing to report, in regards to our bluebird trail, is the fact that nothing has changed. All of the nest boxes are as they were last week. There have been no new nests built and no eggs have been deposited in nests that already exist (bluebird at Cow Pasture and house wren at Butterfly House). Typically in June, we would have two, perhaps three, active nests. Each nest would contain three or four eggs or nestlings. It’s stillRead more
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Bluebird Update 5.31.16
Last week, I had predicted that there would be a completed nest and at least two eggs in the nest at the Amphimeadow. I also stated that I tend to be wrong in my predictions. The trend continues. There has been no further nest material added to the nest at the Amphimeadow, and of course, there are no eggs in the nest. Although there are three empty nest boxes, there has been activity in two of the boxes. One nestRead more
Bluebird Update 5.24.16
Things have been slow on the Museum of Life and Science Bluebird Trail. Four of the nest boxes have seen no activity and two of them minimal industry. One house wren and one bluebird have been the only interested parties concerning the nest boxes. The Cow Pasture nest remains empty as does the nest box next to the Bungee Jump (Take Off!). The Sailboat Pond nest has had no activity in the past four weeks. The Amphimeadow nest box hasRead more
Bluebird Update 5.17.16
We currently have four nest boxes which have nest material within (pine straw, grass, twigs, etc.). One is the work of a bluebird, the other three house wrens. Only one of the house wren nests appear to be active. Two others are not complete after having been started weeks ago. Two of the nest boxes have no material in them at all, they are empty. The Cow Pasture nest box is empty. It has so far fledged five bluebirds. TheRead more
Bluebird Update 5.10.16
The fifteen bluebird nestlings which had occupied the Cow Pasture, Woodland, and Butterfly House nest boxes have all fledged. We now have only one active nest. One nest box which showed promise hasn’t been touched in two weeks. The house wren nest which had been started at the Sailboat Pond doesn’t appear to be active. There has been no activity for weeks. The only active nest is in the Woodland nest box. A house wren flew from the nest boxRead more
Bluebird Update 5.3.16
As is usual, on Tuesday of this week (5/3) I made the rounds checking the contents of our six bluebird nest boxes on our modest bluebird trail. I found, as I peeked into the nest boxes, 15 bluebird nestlings within three of those boxes. One nest box had no activity, another showed a minimum of activity, and one had become vacant. The nest at the Cow Pasture was still full of bluebird nestlings. They were crowded in, appeared to beRead more
Bluebird Update 4.26.16
At this time last week there were 22 nestlings and 5 unhatched eggs in our six bluebird nest boxes. That’s 10 bluebird nestlings, 12 chickadee nestlings, and 5 unhatched bluebird eggs. The 5 bluebird eggs have since hatched, but we now have fewer nestlings than we did last week. We currently have 21 nestlings. How can that be? One of the chickadee nests was emptied of its inhabitants. Predator! This, despite the fact that all of the nest boxes haveRead more
Bluebird Update 4.12.16
It’s April, 12 and we have a good bit of action going on in our six nest boxes here at the Museum. All but one nest box is occupied, having a total of 27 eggs. There are 15 bluebird eggs and 12 chickadee eggs. All of those eggs are being incubated at this time. The Cow Pasture nest, as it had last week, holds five bluebird eggs.The female flew out of the nest box as I approached. The nest boxRead more
Bluebird Update 4.5.16
We now have five occupied and active nest boxes containing a total of 25 eggs, 12 Carolina chickadee and 13 bluebird eggs. Of those five nests, three had incubating adults fly out of the nest box as I approached them. Each of those nests contained six eggs. Those birds are done laying. The Cow Pasture nest, which held no eggs last week, now has five. I didn’t witness adult activity while at the site. The female may or may not beRead more