We have three nest boxes which contain house wren nests. One of those three nests shows no activity. The other two have six eggs each. The remaining three nest boxes of the six we have here at the Museum, are empty. The house wren nest at the Cow Pasture, which held 3 eggs last week, now has six. A wren flew out of the nest box as I approached indicating the eggs are being incubated. The nest box on theRead more
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Bluebird Update 5.16.17
We now have three empty nests waiting for occupancy, and three nest boxes which are being used by house wrens. There’s a total of nine eggs in the occupied nests. The Cow Pasture nest box is host to house wrens. There are three eggs in the nest. The Explore the Wild nest box is empty. It has been cleaned and is ready for use. The nest box which is located at the site of the old Bungee Jump has sixRead more
Bluebird Update 5.9.17
We’ve had 9 birds fledge since last week, one bird died before fledging, and house wrens seem to be taking over the nest boxes. House wrens have built nests in three of the six nest boxes. The other nest boxes currently contain empty chickadee nests. We’ve only had 2 bluebird nests so far this season, one was destroyed by a house wren, the other fledged three birds. The nest box at the Cow pasture now contains a house wren nest,Read more
Bluebird Update 5.2.17
Things change quickly in the bird world. Two of our nests have fledged their birds, two remain empty from previous evictions of their occupants by house wren activities, and two nests are still hosting nestlings. The Cow Pasture nest box, which had its brood of 5 bluebird eggs removed and destroyed by a house wren, is unoccupied. There’s still a bluebird nest in the box, but there’s been no activity for at least two weeks. The six chickadee nestlings in theRead more
Bluebird Update 4.18.17
As of Tuesday morning (4/18/17), we have 10 eggs and 16 hatchlings in our six nest boxes. All 10 eggs belong to chickadees. Three of the nestlings are bluebirds and 13 are chickadees. We lost five bluebird eggs though the nest destroying behavior of another species of bird. When I last looked into the nest box at the Cow Pasture it had five blue eggs within its pine straw and grass lined nest. This morning, it was empty. As myRead more
Bluebird Update 4.11.17
Another week of nesting season has gone by, some things remain the same, others have changed. We currently have 24 eggs, all being incubated, and three hatchlings in our six nest boxes. If you remember, there were 24 eggs in the nests last week. Three of those eggs have hatched. So how can we still have 24 eggs? Read on to find out. The Cow Pasture nest held 2 eggs on Tuesday last (4/4). There are now 5 eggs in that nestRead more
Bluebird Update 3.28.17
All of our six bluebird nests boxes are active. Two have bluebirds nests within and four are being utilized by Carolina chickadees. The Cow Pasture nest box contains a nearly complete bluebird nest. It was empty last week but the fair weather has apparently motivated a pair of bluebirds into action. The ETW nest box, located at the foot of a service road on the back side of our Outdoor Exhibits Loop contains a not quite completed chickadee nest asRead more
It’s Bluebird Time: Update 3.21.17
It is nesting season! We have six bluebird nest boxes here at the Museum. I’ve moved four of the boxes to more favorable locations due to future construction or plant succession at the previous sites. Here’s where the nest boxes are currently located: As it was last year, the Cow Pasture nest box remains where it had been, in the meadow near the Train Tunnel. The Sailboat Pond nest box has been moved to a service road on the backRead more
Bluebird Update 7.12.16
The eggs in the nest box at the Cow Pasture, our only active nest, have hatched. There are now four bluebird nestlings in the nest. By the way, if you read these bluebird updates each week, you’ve heard me mention the Cow Pasture nest box each time. It’s the first nest box on my route as I check the nests on Tuesday mornings. This nest box is in a location on the campus that’s only visible to the public through aRead more