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| Bluebirds |
There
are at least 15 (and possibly 17) bluebirds over a week old on the trail this
week. I did not open one box because those five bluebirds are too close to
fledging and might fledge prematurely if startled. Bluebirds normally fledge in
16-22 days. I still could only count five bluebirds in the nest that had seven
white eggs, though the somewhat flimsy nest seemed quite full. There are two
more completed bluebird nests on the trail, for a total of five boxes in use by
bluebirds.
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| House sparrow nest |
A
mother chickadee was incubating her nest of seven eggs. She flew out when I
opened the box and scolded me from a nearby pine tree.
Tree
swallows completed one nest, and began another. The house sparrows I evicted
last week moved to a different box and built a new nest, which I removed. Two
boxes remain completely empty.
