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Not sure if I posted this or not. I thought I had but can’t find where I did. I had two nests this spring and it seemed as though there was only one male. He would and was flying between the boxes since built. Each box had eggs laid starting the same day. Hatching started the same day for both boxes. However one box only had four eggs.
Today July 4th I am happy to report all nine fledged. This could have happened a few days ago as I was out of town. Both boxes have had the nests cleaned out and it looks as if a new nest is being built. This has never happened to me as I usually end up cleaning them out.
No sign of any Blues around today. I am enclosing pictures of the two nest boxes. Usually after a fledging the nest boxes are very messy. I usually after about a week clean them out. These are clean and looks like they started a new nest. There is no sign that these babies were harmed or any notice of nest around the area. It is like they cleaned the nest up and started new. Maybe they are planning on coming back later.
Today I had a similar experience. I had one box on the trail that had babies that were maybe a week from fledging. I finally got around to checking it again and there’s a brand new nest in it with 4 eggs. I don’t see any sign of the old nest at all. There’s no sign that the babies didn’t fledge so I’m assuming they did but that was one flat compact nest in there and had to be a lot of work to clean it out. Weird.
Tammy
I’m confused – what kind of nest is this, what type bird?
Bluebird. Here is a picture of the male.
What do you mean by cleaned out? Like, the nest gone?
Gone and started to rebuild. Look at the pictures I posted. Usually I clean them out,,, they are a mess the nest box. These look like they were cleaned pretty good and started to rebuild.
The nests are usually flat and compact after fledge though, right?
Yes but very messy and the whole nest is there at least in my experience. These nest are very clean like they’ve used new material I don’t know if I should empty them out or leave them be
I think you should definitely leave them.
That answers my question. I have a bluebird flying around in my backyard right now. Not checking out the boxes though.
Well the worse or almost the worse. A wren is in one of the boxes and clearing out the nest. A wren blocker is way too late.
I am thinking I should just take the boxes down. I fought with the wrens all last summer and they won. :(
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