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[s.ridd@xxxxxxx]

Posted for a friend who lives in Beaverdam, VA.

"This morning's late breaking news:
 
We have 4 baby bluebirds in the nest box! 
 
Don and I were on the deck, waking up with our usual coffee. Seeing the parent 
bluebirds perched on top of the pole and looking into an empty mealworm feeder, 
Don put a handful of *breakfast* in it for Mama & Papa. Next thing we saw was, 
rather than stuff their own faces as they've been doing, they would each take a 
worm, "chew" it up a little, then disappear into the box. After watching this 
ritual for several minutes, we decided the eggs must have hatched in the last 
12 hours.
 
Don goes out to take a peek (when the "coast was clear," of course), and there 
in the nest were the 4 babies, so tiny they looked like little blobs. He 
couldn't even see their heads, and said they were about the size of a SINGLE 
peanut in its shell (you know, those peanuts with only ONE nut inside). 
Success!!... they ALL hatched!
 
I haven't seen 'em yet, but will check later on today.
 
First hatch of the season.... WOO HOO!!!!!!!!!!
 
 
   
PEEP!   PEEP!   PEEP!   PEEP!" Not a bit excited, is she?
 
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