Bluebird nest

We have a bluebird box with an installed camera. I should have started these postings earlier as we watched the female bluebird lay about an egg per day until May 22 with four. She probably started setting on the eggs about May 23 after the fifth egg. We were gone for several days so could not tell. We think that the eggs will hatch this coming weekend (Jun 5)or sooner. Will try to keep you posted.

Leaving the nest box

Been dragging this story out too long, time to wrap it up. In the following video you will see the mother calling the ducklings out of the nest box. Look close and count 18 ducklings hit the water. On another video we found number 19, which had problems getting out of the box. It finally made it and joined the rest.







The following video shows the inside view of the ducklings leaving the nest box. As I did not have the nest box camera in a position to show the ducklings going up to the hole, I used a video from 2007 that showed the exit.





The following photos were taken from about 200 ft. away so they are not too good but you will get the idea what is going on. The mother left the family in the water and went up the bank to see if it was safe to proceed. She had to get the ducklings out of the water as the bass will eat them if given the chance.




















The mother called the little ones up the bank. They disappeared over the hill, and that is the last we saw of them. They probably headed for the stream that is 100 ft away.

Ducklings in the nest

The Ducklings are very eager to leave the nest box, as they are getting thirsty and hungry. At this point they have been hatched approx. 27 hrs. and it is May 2, 09 10:30 AM. They will exit very soon now. I have much editing to do so I will post the results tomorrow.