One of my babies is fledging but sitting on the grass for hours. I’m concerned about the neighborhood cats. I put him back in the box last night but he’s out again. Should I do anything or let nature take its course. Papa is checking on him.

dannybluebird

What is going on? This is the second time now that I have a nest, but then the Bluebirds don’t nest there. The first nest was a half hearted effort, but this nest was a beautiful nest with a nice cup. I even saw the female come in at 7:11 AM and sit on the nest for 31 minutes, but no eggs. She did this 2 mornings in a row. I am totally baffled as to why they are building nests, but then don’t lay their eggs there. It’s been about 2 weeks now. SHould I take the nest out now? Please help. Why are the BB’s doing this, and what should I do now??? Please somebody help me. I monitor 6 other boxes with no problems.
SOMEBODY PLEASE HELP!!!!

Tammy

My Momma and Poppa Blue have laid their first egg in their second nest in the same box.  I’m still riddled with sparrow problems — not one has gone in the repeating ground trap.  But it seems as long as the sparrows have “their” boxes they’ll leave the bluebirds to their house.  And I’ll addle the sparrow eggs.  Also put the sparrow spook up now since the first egg has appeared.  Now back to worrying every day.

Maribee   < Lancaster County>

Guess what everybody???? I have a female feverishly building a nest now for 3 days in one of MY nesting boxes in MY yard. I was almost afraid to look inside the box last night to see how far she got because of the first incident I had with the decoy nest, but low & behold there before my eyes was a beautiful bluebird nest with a nice little cup in it. I was watching this morning and she was right away started building at 6:30- 7:00 ish, and the male was keeping watch. Everybody kept saying be patient, it’ll happen, but patience isn’t one of my strong points. I am anxious to see how many days it takes for her to complete the nest and then to see the very first blue egg will be awesome. I have other nesting boxes that I monitor, and they have had Bluebirds that fledged already, but to have it in your own back yard is even better. I can sit for hours just watching them come in for meal worms, and swooping down to get bugs. There’s something about these Bluebirds that has touched my heart. I’ll keep you posted as to when the first egg arrives.

Tammy/The Bluebird Fanatic