[va-richmond-general] Re: Nesting Eastern Bluebirds

In our Bluebird box we had a pair of Carolina Wrens have 5 young that hatched 
earlier this year. After they were gone ,I cleaned the box out and the same 
pair came back and the box has 3 young in it.  Another pair of Carolina Wrens 
,the pair that stays on our property year round, nested in a hanging basket 
plant on the deck. 3 of 4 eggs hatched and all 3 young fledged in late May and 
survived to this day  .   Two of the young ( probably females ) feed on their 
own but still accompany the parent birds to our pecan and mealworm feeders. The 
backyard bird box hanging in a tree had a pair of Carolina Chickadees build a 
nest in early March. After they left the nest ,I cleaned the box out and it is 
now occupied by a pair of House Wrens with 3 young birds. In a neighbor's yard 
somewhere there was a successfull Feb. or March hatching of Bluebirds as there 
is often a group of 3 young Bluebirds that hatched this year traveling as a 
loose group in the area.

Tyler Turpin
West End Henrico


-----Original Message-----
From: Kacmarcik <kacmarcik@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Jul 3, 2004 8:56 AM
To: va-richmond-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [va-richmond-general] Nesting Eastern Bluebirds

Was totally blown away yesteday to find a clutch of 5 eggs in my most
productive bluebird box. The bluebirds laid 5 eggs in March but
unfortunately they never hatched. In April they tried again and successfully
hatched 5 of 6 eggs. I am in my garden which backs up to the bluebird box
almost daily and have not noticed any nest box activity of late. Yesterday I
saw a bluebird fly out of the box. What a great surprise to find a beautiful
nest of 5 eggs!

Julie Kacmarcik.
Chester

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