Thursday, June 18, 2009

2 week old bluebirds

This is the male feeding the chicks. There is no longer any room inside for him with 5 large chicks. As you can see the roof of the nestbox is raised about an inch with plexiglas for the camera to get light. The camera (installed under the roof.) transmits a wireless signal back to the house, about 600 ft.



I happened to snap a picture of this bluebird in flight




This is the nestbox and mealworm feeding station with a bluebird on each.



This photo is the chicks almost ready to leave the nest.

Monday, June 15, 2009

10 day old chicks

This is the male bluebird getting a mouthful of mealworms to feed to the chicks






A chick at 10 days old.


A video of the chicks preening themselves.

Friday, June 12, 2009

Week old bluebirds

These pictures are not too good, but here they are anyhow. You can see how they have grown.