Tag Archives: baby bluebirds

Incubation is a bust

Posted on August 7, 2019 by lindell dillon

Our bluebird eggs normally hatch in thirteen days, but not this time. My expected hatch date on this clutch was 23 July. On 24 July one egg hatched. I left the others in for three days and Mama continued to … Continue reading →

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Round two

Posted on July 7, 2019 by lindell dillon

Just ten days after our milestone brood fledged Mama III began building another nest. I had removed the old nest and hosed out the box in preparation for another nesting. Also moved the box a bit to keep it in … Continue reading →

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Milestone on the red dirt hill

Posted on June 22, 2019 by lindell dillon

Today we hit a milestone I’ve been looking forward to for a long time. All five of the babies fledged, marking 100 bluebirds our backyard box has produced! I anticipated they would fledge today. Seventeen days after they hatched. They … Continue reading →

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Brood two

Posted on June 5, 2018 by lindell dillon

Summer weather is here and it always seems to take a toll on the adult bluebirds as they work from before sunrise to dark feeding babies and ferrying away poop. I have the box moved so that it is in … Continue reading →

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Third brood hatches- almost

Posted on July 16, 2017 by lindell dillon

Yesterday afternoon was full of surprises. First the resident roadrunner on the reddirt hill paid a visit to the back yard. Came up on to the patio and then jumped up on the blue birdbath for a drink. This … Continue reading →

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Third brood underway

Posted on June 30, 2017 by lindell dillon

Mama has built a nest and started laying her third clutch of eggs this season. The first two successfully fledged. Just one week after her second brood took flight, Mama III began constructing her third nest. The juvie fledglings are … Continue reading →

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Second Clutch Complete

Posted on May 21, 2017 by lindell dillon

Be like the bluebird who never is blue, For he knows from his upbringing what singing can do – Cole Porter, Be Like the Bluebird, 1934 We took a short trip to Taos this past week. Left with three eggs … Continue reading →

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It’s gonna be a big family …

Posted on March 28, 2017 by lindell dillon

A man who never sees a bluebird only half lives. – Lewis Gannett Mama III has been a busy little bluebird. She has increased her first clutch of the year to six little blue eggs. That is a big bluebird family. … Continue reading →

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Home again …

Posted on September 8, 2016 by lindell dillon

“Home is the nicest word there is.” Laura Ingalls Wilder They say “You can’t go home again.” And I guess if you wait too long, that may be the case. Our last clutch of three bluebirds that fledged on … Continue reading →

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Seventy little bluebirds

Posted on July 21, 2016 by lindell dillon

We held another big event on the reddirt hill yesterday. A fledging is always a big day. Yesterday we fledged our three current babies which represent 70 new bluebirds produced by our backyard box. I have to say it makes … Continue reading →

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