Success with bluebirds!

We checked the bluebird box on Thursday, May 1 and this is what we found. The three chicks had fledged. We had predicted that Thursday would be the day.

We went out the day before and they were fully feathered and looked like they were ready to go.

Hopefully they'll do well.

I cleaned out the nest today. I'll watch for nest building activity. Brood #2 should get started in a couple of weeks.

Pretty Quiet These Days

Things are pretty quiet around the property these days. I haven't been down in the woods in a long time, mainly because of the mosquitoes and because I've been very busy. The juvenile bluebirds continue to feed in our front yard. The Eurasian Collared-Doves have obviously had a successful breeding season. The numbers of ECDo at my feeders has increased by six in the past couple of weeks. I still occasionally see a Mourning Dove and a couple of Inca Doves at my feeders. The House Sparrow numbers have gone up, which I'm not excited about at all. It is fun to look out and see the cardinals feeding their newly fledged youngsters.

It won't be long befire the hummingbirds show up again! Just another month or so and I'll be mixing sugar water every day. Come out and see them this year!