Top Photo: Eastern bluebird, male. We have one active nest. The three bluebirds in the nest will likely be the last birds to fledge from our bluebird trail this season. ——————————— The Cow Pasture, Explore the Wild, Sailboat Pond, Into the Mist, and Parking Deck East nest boxes are all empty. The Parking Deck West (PKW) nest box contains what looks to be three healthy bluebird nestlings. ———————————— I may be off slightly in my timing but I suspect theRead more
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Nest Box Update 6.27.26
Top Photo: Eastern bluebird, male. All but one nest box is empty. There are three bluebird nestlings in one nest box. —————————— The Cow Pasture, Explore the Wild, Sailboat Pond, Into the Mist, and Parking Deck East (PKE) nest boxes are all empty. While the Parking Deck West (PKW) nest box held three bluebird eggs last week, today it contained three very fresh bluebird nestlings. ———————————— So, it looks as though the final nest of the season will be theRead more
Nest Box Update 6.20.26
To Photo: Eastern bluebird, male. The one active nest we had last week, is still the only active nest. The Parking Deck West (PKW) nest box has three bluebird eggs inside its pine needle cup. ———————————— The Cow Pasture, Explore the Wild, Sailboat Pond, Into the Mist and Parking Deck East (PKE) nest boxes are all empty, no activity. There are three bluebird eggs in the nest at the nest box on the west side of the parking deck. Read more
Nest Box Update 6/6/2026 – 6/13/2026
Top Photo: Eastern bluebird, male. We have only one active nest. There’s minimal nest material in two of the nest boxes, but it hasn’t been worked for weeks. One nest box which was started by bluebirds in early May, became a project in progress by house wrens, has now switched back to bluebirds and is ready for action. —————————— The Cow Pasture, Explore the Wild, Sailboat Pond, Into the Mist, and Parking Deck East nest boxes are all empty andRead more
Nest Box Updates 5.16.26 and 5.23.26
Top Photo: Eastern bluebird, male. Both last week’s inspection and this week’s inspection are included here. There were no changes in the status of the nests within the boxes over the past several weeks. However, this week’s inspection revealed a take-over of one of the nests. ———————— The Cow Pasture nest box has been empty from the start of the season, no activity. The Explore the Wild nest box at one time held a full chickadee nest. Unfortunately, the nestRead more
Nest Box Update 5.2.26
Top Photo: Eastern bluebird, male. We have no nestlings in any of the nest boxes. Two are empty, one has a partial chickadee nest inside, another has a new bluebird nest under construction. Still another has a bluebird nest being built over an old chickadee’s nest. One nest box has just fledged their chickadees. The Cow Pasture nest box is empty, no activity. Explore the Wild nest box, after having lost 5 nestlings, is currently empty. Four chickadees fledged fromRead more
Nest Box Update 4.25.26
Top Photo: Eastern Bluebird, male. Five chickadee nestlings were found dead in their nest. Five chickadees were alive and well in their nest. Five chickadees have fledged and left their nest. Two nest boxes are empty. One box had the beginning of a nest, but hasn’t been worked on for two weeks. The Cow Pasture nest box has been, and remains, empty. There is no nest material in the box. The Explore the Wild nest box contained 5 dead chickadeeRead more
Nest Box Update 4.18.26
Top Photo: Eastern bluebird, male. We now have fourteen nestlings in three separate nests. All birds are chickadees. One nest that contains nest material (chickadee) hasn’t been added to or rearranged since last week. One nest box is empty. The Cow Pasture nest box is empty with no sign of activity. The Explore the Wild eggs have hatched, though I can only count five chickadees in the nest. There were six eggs in the nest last week. Did one notRead more
Nest Box Update 4.11.26
Top Photo: Eastern bluebird, male. Five birds have fledged (bluebirds), five eggs have hatched (chickadees), and ten eggs are being incubated (chickadees). One nest box has a partial nest (chickadees) and one is empty. The nest box at the Cow Pasture remains empty. The adult chickadee sat tight as the nest box in Explore the Wild was opened for inspection, it flew out at the last second to reveal six eggs. The sailboat Pond nest box, as it did lastRead more