Western Bluebird Nestbox Monitoring - June 11th, 2017

Sunday 2017-06-11 (6pm): My Mom and I are still away at a conference in Boise, ID (and visiting the World Center for Birds of Prey -- we visited two days in a row!!), so my Dad once again checked the nests this week.

Box #1: The Tree Swallow egg count has increased from 2 to 5!
Box #2: Unchanged, still empty.
Box #3: Still an abandoned nest, no eggs.
Box #4: Wow, that did not take long at all for a second Western Bluebird nest to be started. And there are 3 eggs already!

Box #4. A new Western Bluebird nest has been started, with 3 eggs.

Box #5:  After long being empty, a nest of straw has finally been started in this nestbox (likely by Western Bluebirds).

Box #5. No longer empty.

Box #6: Empty.
Box #7: The (4 or 5) Tree Swallow nestlings are still in the nest, but they are fully-feathered and should fledge soon.

Box #7: Super-cute Tree Swallow nestlings.

Box #8: A new nest has been started, but there are no eggs yet.
Box #9: The mother Western Bluebird remained on her new nest during the box check, and there were 4 beautiful blue eggs.

Box #9. A new Western Bluebird nest, with mother and her 4 eggs.

 Box #10: Still the same; empty.

The two Red-tail hawk chicks have fledged and were spotted in a tree near their nest -- and one was eating a snake!

Red-tail Hawk fledglings.