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Day 6 was too hot for me to bother the young ones. I sat on my deck with the camera waiting for one of the parents to land with food. Went through 2 glasses of iced tea and dealt with the 92 degrees heat until the papa bird landed with what looks like a larva of some sort.
David
Stafford, VAMine generally stay in a heavily wooded area across the street from me. They are usually doing their nest building in the morning when it is cool and I rarely see them during the day until the eggs hatch. Then it is a lot of activity. But if it gets real warm they tend to feed in the morning and evening. There will be off and on activity during the rest of the day. Again the Bluebirds seem to ignore the rule book. What happen at my nestbox may not be what happens at yours.
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Stafford, VAJudy – After you upload a photo to imgur, click on it. A panel will show on the right of your screen with a list of different ways to share your photo. Find the one labeled “BBCode (message boards & forums)” and click the COPY button next to it. That will copy the “img” string of data that you enter in the post. Then prepare your note, hit return to space down and then right click and paste the string into your post. Do not copy anything before you paste your image string in the box or you will have to go back to IMGUR to retrieve the string again.
It will look something like this: img]https://imgur.com/xxxxxxxx.jpg[img. This one is done as text. I have left off some brackets because when I tried to paste this as text only the photo showed up anyway. Hopefully this will show you the format.
Tammy do we have a way to PM on the forum?
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Stafford, VANo problem Tammy. It was just a single egg in the new nest. But it is moot now that the birds have hatched. We have graduated from this thread.
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Stafford, VAI agree with Tammy on the actions of the wrens. I do not have much experience with the HOWR. The one time that they did destroy the BB eggs I just took down the box for the season. They have not been back since – although I have seen them in the winter back by my wood pile.
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Stafford, VATake care of that ankle Lisa. The birds will be okay. Our temps are going the other way. They are calling for 9 or 10 days in the 90’s with little chance of rain to cool things down. This batch should fledge on July 14 the day we head off for a week in Michigan visiting lighthouses and attending a Handbell Directors Seminar in Grand Rapids. I hope they go early so I can clean out the box before we leave.
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Stafford, VAHi Carol. That set-up is almost like mine. I like your foam idea and might do a “Sandwich” of wood and foam for my next shield. Since this is now going to be a permanent set-up, I am thinking about drilling vent holes in the roof of the nestbox also since there will be space between the roof and the “sandwich”
From the looks of your pole location, your only other option might be a large “Market Umbrella” for heat relief. :)David
Stafford, VAUnless you actually see the wrens going in and out of the box, I don’t think you can say “positively” that it was a wren strike. However, if you have protective predator barriers on the pole, no house sparrows in the vicinity, and the wrens are around, then it is a pretty good indicator. Check out “sialis.org” for more information on the wrens.
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Stafford, VAHave you put anything over the top of the nestbox as a shield from the sun? I put a thin piece of plywood over my nestbox and the birds do not mind it at all and it has kept the box a little cooler although I have not done a study on the temperatures. Anything that keeps the direct rays of the sun off the box will help. I intend to use a bigger piece of wood for the next brood if they start one in late July.
Good luck with your blues.
David
Stafford, VAIt sounds like it is busy around your place. It is so much fun to watch the young bbs at the feeder. Get a photo if you can.
David
Stafford, VADidn’t get the photo. Can you use “imgur”? It is very easy to upload your photos and to copy the link that you would past in your post.
Edit – okay I did a “right click” on the broken image icon and selected “open in new tab” and the photo came up. The eggs are a nice light pink. I have never seen these in the years that I have been into Bluebirds. Looking forward to the full brood and hatchlings.Second edit – decided to get the photo up so everyone could see it. Saved in to my “imgur” photos.
PINK EGGS from Judy
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