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Thanks, Tammy – right now at almost 8:00 p.m. it is 94 actual tamp with heat index at 110 – horrible humidity/hot. Same way tomorrow & Saturday, with Sunday high of 84 degrees. Maybe with that little break in the heat the eggs can survive. I might try that ice pack – maybe attach it to the north side of the box, which has no insulation on it, somehow. That might keep it a little cooler. Yes, it is hot in Texas where my son & extended family live, but doesn’t feel that bad because of lower humidity.
Gin, yes we know how you feel about wrens. Glad you had at least one successful hatch & hope they fledge successfully. Was this from the female that lays white eggs or a different gal? I believe you have not had very good success in the past few years with the blues – is that right?
Thanks Gin – yes the side vents are on both sides at the top and do create cross ventilation. No, I really do not want to invite wrens – I have only had about 3 instances of attack in all these years and they were all due to wrens dropping eggs out of nest! I will leave alone for now unless someone else has convincing evidence to the contrary about heat destroying eggs even with heat shield on a box.
Well, it is 92 degrees right now with heat index of 107 degrees! I do have a heat shield on the new box with nest #2 and even have an extra layer of huge styrofoam on top of the regular one. We had about 3 inches of rain (well needed) yesterday & last night, with blowing winds really bad. I was afraid that new box have gotten wet because of the blowing rain, but looked in today and it was dry as a bone! I am going to be a firm believer of a very oversized roof on any new box, as I truly believe this is what kept the box dry was the huge styrofoam top. It probably overlaps the wooden top by 3 or 4 inches all the way around. The next several days will be in the upper 90’s and heat index way over 100 degrees. Hope those eggs make it okay!
Going to try to post picture of papa feeding juvenile on top of cage feeder – had to take pic from inside my house through window and toward the west – pictures here are always on the dark side. Can always zoom in on picture to see better – can actually see the worm being passed to juvenile. Could never get all of them in picture at once.
This is an amazing thread – with the two different mamas & one male. Almost one for the book I believe!
David & Judy, thanks – I will try to get a photo of babies eating but it is very hard to catch them in action they are so fast! And Judy, I feed only live mealworms – never tried the dried but I understand some do use them but it is hard to get them interested. I know since my blues are used to the live worms it would be useless for me to try the dried. The live are kind of a pain to take care of but well worth the reward!
Judy, I WAS able to view the picture just like David explained in his first edit- anyway, now we see the pink BB egg – amazing. thanks.
Judy, I believe you must have a photo sharing account (like Photobucket although they do not allow free 3rd party sharing any more) and then you can post it here. There are directions on how to do this at the top of the home page under Posting Tips, then find “How to post a picture”. I wish we could post photo more easily, also. David posts some pictures but don’t know what he uses. WOULD LOVE TO SEE THAT PICTURE OF A PINK EGG!! Be sure to take picture of those eggs so maybe some day you can post it here.
Thanks all – yes, I believe I will have eggs in nest #2 VERY soon, as mama built the nest in a different box in a day or so. I have checked the last two days and no egg yet but papa is definitely guarding this nest and “interested.” The new fledglings have not come to the bowl to eat yet, but I have seen them in the trees right close to our home whenever parents bring them worms. It has been very hot this past week, in the 90’s (went from winter to summer without any spring), so I will be getting our my heat shield as soon as an eggs is laid, as well as the other guards. Nesting season has finally arrived for lots of us here. For the others, don’t give up – the joy is well worth the wait and effort.
Nope, never heard of this Lisa, but anything is possible I guess. I have had my mama miss one day of laying maybe two different times (in 10 years) but never 2 in one day.
Philly Blues, I agree with David – clean out the boxes – my 1st nestings just fledged on Saturday June 9, and papa blue has already claimed another box for their 2nd go-around, so I believe you would have a good chance yet for something to nest. Good luck.
As the old saying goes, “You can’t succeed if you don’t try and if you fail, you have at least tried”. I firmly believe this is true for anything in life, whether it be personal, hobby, occupation/business, etc.
Have you checked to see if the eggs are being turned or rotated? You just put a magic marked bleck dot on each egg and then check the next day to see if parents have rotated them, meaning the dot should be in different position. If she is still incubating I would do this -if she is not they probably are not good, but need to leave them alone for a while. 4 days overdue is quite a bit, but a lot could depend on the weather.
