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Good news! Water receded, which was welcome relief especially, because our attempts to move the nestbox were unsuccessful due to tricky circumstances with navigating through water and muck. The water did go down though — thanks Mother Nature! Yesterday one of our volunteers saw two “unbanded” fledglings just south of Box #5. These birds have to be from Box #4 because all other chicks on our Trail have been banded as part of a larger research project. An adult with food was also onsite yesterday. I’ll choose to assume that the other two chicks managed to fledged to dry ground. When they finally fledge the nest, Mountain Bluebird chicks have all of their flight feathers and it’s possible for them to fly at least 100 yards to start. Although, it’s well documented that they’ll choose to drop to the ground first and stay there for awhile. Somehow these chicks figured out that they needed to get some distance on those wings right away. Fly on little bluebirds, fly on!
Thank you again to everyone who weighed in with advice.
Nature Mapping Jackson Hole
Thank you for your quick replies Carol-Mid-Mo. and dlibby! I think we’re going to attempt to move the box to over dry land tomorrow afternoon. Mom and Dad are typically right onsite so that is our hope for when in the process of changing the boxes location. We want the parents to see everything. Will report back and let you all know the outcome of this special mission!
Nature Mapping Jackson Hole
