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Well, I guess that we will only have 4 in the brood on this go around. The unpredictable wet, cold, and stormy weather have probably messed up the normal cycle of bluebird things for at least the first sitting.I spooked the female off the nest this afternoon when I took my grandson out to see the BB eggs. She seems to be letting me get closer to the box before she flies off the nest.
David
Stafford, VAI have seen too many nests with very little to no bottom. Most of the time I gather a small handful of whatever comprises the nest and tuck that under what is there. The bird never knows!
Exactly what I did with the nest this year. A completely bare bottom. I took a pinch of grass clippings from the pile that they never used and put it in the bottom. She sat on it shaping it into the cup and is laying eggs on it.
David
Stafford, VAConnie send me a picture and I will get it posted for you. Send me a private message for my email address
David
Stafford, VAWe are in Day 4 of laying. 4 eggs in the nest and it is supposed to be rainy and nasty this afternoon into tomorrow morning. will look for egg 5 tomorrow.
David
Stafford, VAClosing the vents might keep it a little warmer but I believe that the female bird will probably generate enough warmth for the nest since it is still above freezing. My concern would be the high winds.
Good luck.David
Stafford, VALisa and Carol, good to hear about the fledge and the new eggs. Like you Carol, I didn’t check the box yesterday and today there are 2 blue eggs in the nest. Have to find the wren guard and sun shade now.
David
Stafford, VAThanks Judy and Carol. We usually have the buntings around for about a week or two and then they move on. The towhees come and go until end of May and seem to disappear. I haven’t seen chickadees in quite a while .. I don’t know where they went. I am planting a flower garden this year after about a 15 year hiatus. I am trying to build the hummers and butterfly presence.
David
Stafford, VAIt has been a strange year weather-wise and bluebirds also. Mine just completed a nest. No eggs as it is still cold. In prior years the first nest is usually done in late March and we have had eggs by this time. I think that the severe weather that we had during the late winter and continuing into spring have messed up the migrations/returning birds. I know I have not seen as many towhees, indigo buntings, or chickadees for that matter.
Hang in there. If you spotted them before, they are probably just waiting for the weather to be a bit more consistent. Or something else! As has been mentioned before, the bluebirds don’t seem to have even read the rule book.
David
Stafford, VAConnie, my bluebirds started that way. It took her 3 days to complete a circle but then it took only two days to complete the whole nest. She did that yesterday. No eggs today but I expect her to begin laying sometime this week. I have been digging close to the box prepping my flower garden (which I haven’t done for ages and am fighting tree roots). I have been throwing beetle larva and grubs that I find while digging but have not seen them come down for a meal.
David
Stafford, VAWhat is interesting about this build is the bird goes to my neighbor’s yard to collect the grass for the nest.I have about a 4′ high pile of clippings not 100 feet away/
David
Stafford, VA
