I’m proud to introduce our first set of brood Bluebird hatchlings of 2014! This photo was taken on April 6th and they were already almost a week old. When we checked the nest box the week before, they were still eggs. … Continue reading →
I’ve seen an Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis) flying around the nest box which is near our house, so I knew it was time to get out and start this year’s nest box trail checks. We lost one of our nest boxes … Continue reading →
We’ve had a very successful start on our Eastern Bluebird nestbox trail this year. We have 8 nestboxes in our trail to provide nesting habitat for the Eastern Bluebird and other cavity-nesting birds. Cavity-nesting birds are under pressure because as … Continue reading →
This is an update from our Eastern Bluebird nestbox #1. This is the first one we put up and marks the start of trail. It’s quite near our house and can be seen from our kitchen windows. We found 5 … Continue reading →
We’ve been checking our nestboxes every weekend since starting a new season on February 17th. We walk along the trail and look inside each box, recording what we find in a log as well taking photographs sometimes. The big prize … Continue reading →