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Dave
Southern Indiana
USDA Zone 6bAn organic (mostly) gardener shares his thoughts about gardening, nature, food and striving to be self-sufficient.
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Tag Archives: Nature
Last Peek at Bluebirds
Friday I checked on the nest box for a last peek at the bluebird babies. By my calculations they were twelve days old, and disturbing them after that point risks them leaving the nest prematurely. So from now on it’s … Continue reading
Bluebird Update
Songbird babies grow up so fast! The young bluebirds are now eight days old. At this stage of development, their eyes open and their feathers start to come in. And when the nest box is opened for monitoring, they no … Continue reading
Memorial Day Bluebird Babies
Right on schedule, the bluebird eggs began hatching yesterday, 13 days after the last one was laid. The normal incubation period for bluebirds is 12-14 days. When I checked yesterday morning around 9am, there were 5 eggs in the nest … Continue reading
A Tale of Two Nests
Well, the bluebirds have been busy here the last few days. And they’ve been doing some surprising things after the raccoons trashed their first nest. Just two days later, they started building a nest in the PVC nest box situated … Continue reading
Bluebirds, Take Two
It didn’t take long for the bluebirds to decide on their next move. Almost immediately after disaster struck their first nest, they started building another. I saw them eyeing this Gilbertson PVC nest box yesterday. This morning I went out … Continue reading
Bluebird Predation
Life is full of dangers for songbirds and their young. Wednesday afternoon our bluebird babies were alive and well. Thursday morning, I found the mounting pole and nest box laying on the ground. Looking closer, I saw nesting material … Continue reading
Bluebird Babies!
The bluebird eggs starting hatching some time last Friday. When I opened the nesting box to examine the nest, instead of six blue eggs I saw hungry mouths! It looks like five out of the six eggs hatched, which is … Continue reading
