Project Noah is a tool to explore and document wildlife and a platform to harness the power of citizen scientists everywhere.
Project Noah is a tool to explore and document wildlife and a platform to harness the power of citizen scientists everywhere.
Sialia sialis
I'm monitoring our small bluebird trail (7 boxes) on a weekly basis.
Bluebird trail in semi rural yard (8.7 acres) We have been creating a wildlife habitat since April 2011 & received NWF certification last fall. Our plan included creating a small bluebird trail of 7 boxes & planting around 100 trees to provide wildlife corridors & places for the male bluebirds to perch to guard the nest. Currently 5 of the 7 boxes are occupied - 4 by bluebirds & 1 by tree swallows.
I will continue to add photos as the eggs hatch & the chicks develop.
Lat: 35.90, Long: -86.89
Spotted on Apr 2, 2012
Submitted on Apr 2, 2012
26 Comments (1–25)
Thanks Carol & Courtney! I will scrubbing out the box today so it will be ready for the next brood - as you can see it certainly needs it!
Great series! I love bluebirds!
Nice series!
Thanks Argy! I'm guessing that will today or tomorrow but I won't be checking the box again now they are so big in case one falls out!
Brilliant Karen. I'm ready and waiting for them to fledge.
Day 16 since hatching & the brood is almost ready to fledge. They barely fit in the box now & the nest is so squashed they are almost sitting on the floor so they must be getting pretty uncomfortable!
Thank you Luc! Yes lots of new babies here - it is very exciting!
Oh wonderful! they are born. Very nice series! Congratulation KarenL
Day 12 & they are all looking healthy.
Day 8 & you can see the wing feathers are starting to come through.
Thanks Alice! I'm monitoring bi-weekly now & it its so interesting to see the development, especially as I have 3 broods all at different stages!
My brother does some monitoring of boxes in a park through the Summer. It is an interesting Job and you are doing it quite well!
Thanks Emma! :)
Yes 14 bluebirds, 6 robins & 2 mockingbirds at the last count!
Congratulations!!
Photo added of the babies at 4 days old. All 5 eggs have successfully hatched.
The first couple of eggs have now hatched & we now have some very ugly, naked newborns! Hopefully the remaining eggs will hatch today.
I've created separate spottings for each box so I can follow the progress of each brood. Mom was on the nest when I came to do a check today. She flew out when I tapped on the box & returned a few minutes later. No eggs hatched yet in this box.
Thanks Emma!
cool .
Thanks Luc! I love bluebirds & they seem to very easy to attract with the boxes. We put up our first one last June & had a pair starting to nest in it 2 hours later! I'm exciting to get the opportunity to observe the development of the chicks.
Very nice find and picture ! i am jealous ;)
I'm thankful we got such good take up & hopefully the other boxes will get used for the later broods. I haven't checked out our wren houses yet but we have loads of wrens & chickadees so hopefully we will get some tenants in those too. No interest in the new martin house yet though!
Nice that you can watch them. This year two of my boxes were taken by wrens and chicadees and 2 boxes are empty (so far).
Thank you harsuame & Raquel!
Lovely Karen!