A new clutch of bluebird eggs is being incubated right now. This is the fifth clutch of bluebird eggs in my yard this summer. Can we thank the cicadas for the added productivity this year? My neighbor has a late nest of tree swallows. The young should be fledging soon. Just two purple martin nests remain in the gourds. There were eighteen nesting pairs of martins total this season. Sixteen pairs have fledged young thus far. If the last two nests fledge as scheduled, then my total number of martins fledged will be 79. One martin nestling did not fledge with his siblings but died in the gourd. He appeared to be blind in one eye when he was alive. Another fledgling ended up on the ground. My 5-year old daughter scooped him up and returned him to the gourd. He ended up on the ground the next day as well. We set him up on a bluebird box where the adults could feed him. He was gone by the time I got home from work so I'm not sure what happened to him. Scott Freidhof Rowan County