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Not much happening here. The female is sitting on the eggs off and on. I did notice an interesting event about a half hour ago. I just put some mealworms out in the feeder. Both birds watched me. When I went in the house and look out my back window I saw the female blue enter the nest box while the male went to the feeder. After he had eaten a few of the mealworms, he appeared to pick up a couple and flew to the nest box to feed the female. He has just finished his 3rd trip.
David
Stafford, VAI think that I mentioned the moving the box in another thread. I have done that in the past. I moved the box from my back yard to the front yard. The Blues found it and built another nest, which did survive the rest of the season. I kept it out of sight from the original position. I do have an acre and a half lot to work with and my house is centered in the lot.
David
Stafford, VAI am not sure what happened to the previous post but I will try again.
Prior post “Tim, after you post your photo on imgur, back-click one page, then click “Posts”. Your photos should appear. Click on the on your photo in “imgur”, click the three buttons next to “Copy link”.
Tim, and all. You DO NOT have to “back-click” after you post your photo. Just click on it and then “Click” on the your photo in “imgur”, click the three buttons next to “Copy link”. Under “Share Options” click the “BBCode link” and paste it in your forum post.
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Stafford, VAThanks Tammie. I have some led pellets hayt I am taping to the streamers. Hope it works.
Missed a day checking on the nest. We now have 5 eggs. Looking at May 18 for hatch date.
David
Stafford, VAI have never figured out the proper way to post images on this forum. The forum that hosts my photos has a BBCodes version of the image but I haven’t been able to figure out how to use it.
Tim, after you post your photo on imgur, back-click one page, then click “Posts”. Your photos should appear. Click on the on your photo in “imgur”, click the three buttons next to “Copy link”.
In the pop-up window, click on the “BBCode – copy link”
Then in your forum post “paste” the link that you have just copied.The photo will not show up in your typed message but will show up in the Forum section when you hit “Submit”
Hope this helps.David
Stafford, VAI use “imgur.com.” A little tricky to use at first but it is free. I started using it 4 or 5 years ago when Photobucket started charging for use.
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Stafford, VAThat is strange. Maybe Tammie can help us out here. I am not sure about the legality of the issue, but I would put the egg over in the nest and see if she accepts the move. I have never seen an egg in an empty nest box. Not sure how healthy that would be for the young hatchlings.
David
Stafford, VAAnd another one. I did put up the Sparrow Spooker but the wind is blowing the Mylar strips almost horizontal.. I might have to tape some lead pellets to the ends to keep them down a bit.
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Stafford, VAJackie and Tammie, I have heard that also, that the female is the one that shapes the cup. But the male can do some work while he delivers his beak of material. I would imagine that the female will go in right after he leaves to “do it the right way.”
I have also noticed that my female bird is almost as colorful as the male bird this time. The earlier female had a duller blue back.
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