Only two days after all of the eggs had hatched, there was an ant infestation inside the bluebird house. It turns out that ants can do some real damage both to the nest and to the babies, so it was important to get things under control. The mom was going nuts trying to eat ants as fast as she could. Her valiant efforts -- along with some human-applied soapy insect spray to fight them off from the outside -- meant that the nestlings won, at least for that day . . .
The Next Clutch
The parents busily built a nest over several days, then both spent the night (about a full eight hours) in the nest together overnight. A li...
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May 10. The bluebirds are actually starting to look blue today! And they are stretching to the farthest corners of their house/nest. The spa... -
The babies are getting darker/hairier/featherier but the more interesting thing is that they are starting to "star out," in that t... -
Monday night was a scary one, as the mother bluebird just didn't come into the house at all. It seemed she might be gone for good. There...
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