Bluebird Update

I did check on the boxes again two days ago. The number 1 box with the four eggs had brand new hatchlings! Boy, I really missed the boat on those. The bluebird parents probably started thier nest the minute after I first checked those boxes and saw they were still empty. I didn't have my camera with me the other day to get shots of the little ones, but here they are today. I am just fascinated with how quickly baby birds grow. Not only these, but also our geese and chickens. You can almost see them growing before your very eyes!

The number 2 box had a surprize for me today. Two days ago, there was a few blades of dried grass and that was all. Today, I opened the door to find a pair of tree swallows bundled up inside. They sprung out of there as soon as the door was open, so I didn't get a photo, of course, but it was neat to see. Last year, I also had tree swallows in one of the boxes, but it was in box number 1. I suppose they got here a little late and found they had missed out to the early bluebirds...


Another surprize awaited me in box number 3. The one that had two eggs on the 19th, now has six. They might have started incubating them, but I have not seen the parents yet. Maybe I will be lucky and have a nest with seven or more eggs.