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May 30, 2009
Bluebird Trail
Jennifer and I went and made a run of "Bluebird Trail" this morning. We take a four wheeler and stand on top of the game racks so we can peer down into the nest. We have five bird houses. We put them up for bluebirds, but we get all kinds of birds.
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Bird House #1: (Above) I put up a new bird house on a pole in the front yard last summer. This bird house contains a nest of Mountain Chickadees (Poecile gambeli). I think that there were originally six eggs. Yesterday, there were two live chicks, three eggs, and one chick that didn't show any overt signs of life. Today, it looks like the rest of the chicks are in the process of hatching out.
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Bird House #2: (Above) This bird house is perched atop Jennifer's swing set. Yesterday, it contained one pink bird egg. Today, it contains two pink bird eggs. Species unknown.
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Bird House #3: (Above) This bird house is mounted to the front garden fence. Yesterday, it contained two bluebird eggs. Today, it contains three bluebird eggs. This is either a mountain bluebird or a western bluebird. (I haven't seen the parents yet.)
Bird House #4: (Not shown) This bird house is mounted to the back garden fence. It is unoccupied.
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Bird House #5: (Above) This bird house is mounted to a dead mature Ponderosa pine in the back. It contains seven tiny white bird eggs. No change from yesterday. Species unknown.
Bird House #6: (Not shown) This bird house is on a pole in Bud's front yard. At last count, she was sitting on six eggs, but she won't leave them now, so I'm not clear how many are under her or how many (if any) have hatched. This appears to be a nest of Western Bluebirds (Sialia mexicana).
Posted by Rob Kiser on May 30, 2009 at 10:48 AM
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