Bluebirds have fledged

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I’ve been watching the birdhouse very closely for the past three days knowing they could fledge any time. On Friday, April 29th I saw babies peek out the entrance hole in the birdhouse after being fed.

Mama Eastern Bluebird at nest box
Time for grub...

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Baby Eastern Bluebird peeking out of birdhouse
It's a big scary world out there. I don't know if I'm ready to go out or not!

I watched the bluebird house from the time I got home from church today and well into the evening. I saw an adult from time to time, but not at the birdhouse feeding the babies, so I was fairly certain that the babies had fledged the nest, probably while we were at church.

I caught papa bluebird in the birdbath…

Papa Eastern Bluebird in birdbath
It's a hot day. I'm ready for a dip.

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Papa Eastern Bluebird taking a dip
Whee! That feels good!

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Papa Eastern Bluebird drying off
Gotta shake the wings and tail feathers to get dry.

Considering that Papa Bluebird was more interested in the bath than in feeding babies, I assumed that the babies had probably already fledged, so I opened the birdhouse to look. Sure enough there were no birds left in the nest. I’ll empty it out in the next day or two. I understand that sometimes baby birds return to the nest at night to sleep. But I saw some large beetles under the nest, so I do need to empty it before they lay the next clutch of eggs. I do enjoy watching these beautiful birds.

Here is a link to All About Birds, a great website by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Cornell University, NY.

 

The Creation, a Bible storybook for children by Janice D. Green

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Janice D. Green, wife, mother, and grandmother, retired after over 20 years in the public school system, most which were as an elementary librarian, with a goal to write Christian children's books. Her most recent releases are Jonah: The Fearful Prophet and The Creation (second edition) which are both published in three different formats. Janice's passion is to write about the Bible in a way that encourages people to want to know more and to read it for themselves. She also quilts and hopes to inspire families and youth groups to create Bible quilts for children. www.honeycombadventures.com www.biblequilts.com.

4 Comments

  • My daughter would go crazy over this! She just did a huge bird report in school and she chose to do the bluejay. She’s in love with them. So awesome!

    Great pictures!

    Christy Evers 01.05.2011
    • Thanks Christy! The bluebirds have been a lot of fun to watch.

      JaniceDGreen 01.05.2011
  • What a beautiful bluebird, so fluffy and cute. We have some lovely birds on the path behind our house too, cardinals and other unusual types. It’s lovely to hear them in a morning.

    Catherine Johnson 03.05.2011
    • We enjoy the birds all year round, but watching them nest and feed their young is the greatest treat of all.

      JaniceDGreen 03.05.2011

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