4 Fledglings in Maxville

Box 1.1   The 4 nestlings have fledged.  I cleaned out the nest and found a surprise:  an unhatched egg at the bottom, buried under the nesting materials.  I cracked it open - infertile.

Box 1.2   Empty
         

3rd Brood in Eau Galle

Box 1:  1 bluebird egg - the start of a third brood in this box

Box 2:  empty

Box 3: empty

3rd Brood in Tarrant Park

I had all but given up on a 3rd brood in Tarrant Park, until today.

Box#1:  3 new hatchlings, female flew out of the box as I approached.

Box#3:  empty

Box:#5:  empty

Box #6:  4 new bluebird eggs, the start of a third brood in this box.

Box# 8:  empty.

4 Chicks Ready to Fledge in Maxville

Maxville Box #1.1:  4 ready to fledge nestlings - parents clacking their bills as I opened the box.

Maxville Box #1.2:  empty

New Boxes in Tarrant Park

I replaced boxes showing woodpecker damage in Tarrant Park with new boxes I received from Kent Hall of the Bluebird Recovery Association of Wisconsin today.

All the boxes in Tarrant Park with the exception of box #1 are currently empty.

Box #1:  3 bluebird eggs

New Nest in Eau Galle

Box #1:  new bluebird nest - no eggs

Box #2:  moved away from the parking lot and closed to the tree in the front yard - to make it less attractive to the house sparrows and starlings hanging out by the factory/store.

Box #3:  moved about 6-feet to make it more convenient for the gentleman who mows the lawn.

5 Fledglings!

Box #1:  signs of a new bluebird nest.

Box #2:  all 5 fledged - I took the box down for cleaning (lots of guano on the walls).

Box #3:  empty

Juveniles Hanging Out in the Park

It was a pleasant surprise to see juvenile bluebirds hanging out in Tarrant Park this afternoon.  I spotted this one on the "speed limit" sign across the road from the Panther Bus Company parking lot.

Box #1:  3 bluebird eggs, female sitting on them.

Box #3:  empty

Box #5:  empty

Box #6:  empty

Box #8:  all 5 chicks fledged.  I emptied the box.

Mid-Summer Update

Here's an overview of our box Maxville 3.4 so far this summer. We believe three of our white bluebird eggs hatched and survived early this summer. They have now long left the nest. We had another batch of white bluebird eggs to be laid in the nest but unfortunately something (we think another bird) seems to have killed the eggs. We found the eggs outside of the nest totally smashed and in pieces. We were so disappointed!

In our other box, we had a house wren nesting there. We believe we had two eggs hatch and survive earlier this summer. Now we have five more eggs in the nest. We will keep a watch on these. It's so much fun seeing these birds in our yard and checking on the eggs!

Tarrant Park - new nest and soon-to-be fledglings

Box #1:  female bluebird flew out as I walked up to it.  3 new bluebird eggs!

Box #3:  empty

Box #5:  empty

Box #6:  empty

Box #8:  4 nestlings, soon-to-fledge!

4 New Hatchlings at Maxville School

Box 1.1:  After what felt like forever, 4 of the 5 bluebird eggs I've been watching hatched today. 

Box 1.2:  I cleaned out the empty nest.   5 are now fledglings.

5 More Ready to Fledge

Box #1:  Empty

Box #2:  5 ready to fledge chicks with doting parents

Box #3:  Empty (I moved the box a few feet to accommodate the gentleman who tends the lawn to make it easier for mowing).

Independence Day in Tarrant Park

Box #1:  Empty.  I think this location is a problem due to the number of House Sparrow nest boxes in neighboring yards (I counted 5 boxes within view of this one).

Box#3:  Empty - 5 chicks fledged

Box #5: Empty - 5 chicks fledged

Box #6:  empty - 5 chicks fledged

Box #8:  3 chicks (one less than last visit)

5 Bluebird Fledglings in Eau Galle

Box #1:  Empty

Box #2:  5 healthy, but cramped bluebird hatchlings

Box #3:  empty - 5 Bluebirds fledged over the weekend.

Fledgings and Eggs

The remaining 3 tree swallow chicks have fledged.

The two bluebird boxes continue to support 5 chicks each.

Nest failure in Maxville

Box 1.1:    The June brood has failed.  The eggs and chick are gone and a new grassy nest has been built on top of it.  I removed the initial nest.   5 warm eggs sit in the cup of the new nest.

Box 1.2:  5 healthy chicks

All 5 five bluebirds fledged today!

They were in their box last evening at 7 p.m. and they were out by noon today,  July 2.

It all seems like quite a miracle.  Now I'll clean the box for another brood.