[Stan]

I had an issue last year where a sparrow entered the bluebird house and destroyed the eggs. Ibhave a camera in the house and it was a sad scene seeing this happen and I was not at home to stop it.

I found a sparrow spooker and installed it this year. It seemed to have worked as I see sparrows around but they did not enter the house this year and we had a nest and 5 babies fledged last week

This is the item. It also comes with mylar ribbons

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[Stan]

Hi

We just had a our brood leave the nest after about 4 weeks.
Firs egg was laid May 5th and the babies fledged on May 23.

I have a camera in the box and watched the nest building process.
The male started and then the female joined in.

They had a nest built in about a week.
Soon after, the female began laying the eggs – 5 in all.

It is unusual after 4 weeks that no eggs have been laid.

If there are other birds like the House Sparrow or Wrens around, or very hot, they may have moved on..
It may also be possible that one or the other female or male was killed.

I would say after 4 weeks, clean out the nest and clean the box to see if they come back and try again

Also, the last pair here built the nest high based on the pictures and videos from my camera.

Good Luck..

[Stan]

Hi

I think one of the parents removed the needle from the beak

Also..I can’t seem to find where the option is to add photos?

Thanks

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