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I’m not sure how many eggs yet, Robbe, because my work schedule has been hectic. The only times I could look were evening, and I just won’t do that. I think she might be incubating as of yesterday, which would maybe make it 4. I’m determined to look tomorrow afternoon. These are new birds, and last night I was standing maybe 30 feet from the box, and the male bluebird dive-bombed me! He was about a foot from my face when he turned sharply away, clicking his beak at me. When the “old” regular bluebirds were here, they were very tolerant of me, knew my patterns, etc. when I was tending the garden or mowing. These two are unpredictable right now. I’ll have to be more quiet until they know I’m not a bad guy. But defensive posture on their part is good!
The tree swallows we have give us so much enjoyment. When I go to the mailbox, one of them is often sitting on it. It’s so comical. I go back inside then, because it happens when one is in the box (mama, most likely) incubating (the male also develops a brood patch and helps incubate), and the other sits on the mailbox chattering away. I imagine it’s words of encouragement or requests for supper! My husband has taken videos of the whole process quite close. They’re rather tolerant of us. But we wear a straw hat when we’re out there, just in case one misjudges a swoop. We’ve also tossed feathers to them to take into the nest. I found some on Amazon that work well. Now that’s a fun way to spend an evening—throwing feathers for the swallows to swoop around you and catch in mid-air!
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