We're Still Waiting, April 30, 2021
April 30, 2021 - Again, not much news today. Mrs. Bluebird spent most of her day on her eggs. Sunday is the first day we could expect the...
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The Wait Continues... No News From Our Bluebirds or Chickadees, April 29, 2021
April 29, 2021 - Mrs. Bluebird continues babysitting her eggs, venturing out occasionally. Mr. Bluebird sat in the rain on our deck roof...
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No News From Our Bluebirds or Chickadees, April 28, 2021
April 28, 2021 - Mrs. Bluebird spent her day tending her eggs, with a few trips out for food. I wonder if she gets bored just sitting, or...
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Checking In With Our Bluebirds and Chickadees, April 27, 2021
April 27, 2021 - Not much news from our bluebirds today. Mrs. continues to sit on her eggs, popping out occasionally to find some food....
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Bluebird and Chickadee Update April 26, 2021
April 26, 2021 - We had a little extra excitement from our feathered friends this morning. My wife, Lee, found a robin that couldn't fly.
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Mrs. Bluebird Continues Sitting, Our Chickadees Make a Move, April 25, 2021
April 25, 2021 - Mrs. Bluebird spent another day sitting on her eggs. We're expecting them to hatch sometime between May 2 and May 10. Wa...
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The Clock Has Started For The Bluebirds, Chickadees Still Building, April 24, 2021
April 24, 2021 - Mrs. Bluebird has definitely started incubating her four eggs. Thursday, she sat on them most of the morning before spen...
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Bluebird Update April 22, 2021
April 22, 2021 - Mrs. Bluebird spent much of her morning sitting on the eggs, before heading out on her errands by about 11:00. No more e...
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All Quiet In The Boxes Today, April 21
April 21, 2021 - It has been a chilly rainy day today. We haven't seen much action in any of the bird boxes yet today.
Mrs. Bluebird s...
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Mrs. Bluebird Lays Her Fourth Egg, Chickadees Building, April 20, 2021
April 20, 2021 - Sorry for missing posting yesterday. Mrs. Bluebird got back on schedule and laid her third egg yesterday morning. Follow...
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The Chickadees Decide! Mrs. Bluebird Tends Her Eggs. April 18, 2021
April 18, 2021 - Mrs. Bluebird spent much of the morning sitting on her two eggs. She went about her errands starting late morning, leavi...
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A Second Bluebird Egg And Our Chickadees Remain Undecided, April 17, 2021
April 17, 2021 - Mrs. Bluebird returned to the box on schedule late this morning to lay a second egg. She'll likely lay one a day for unt...
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We Have a Bluebird Egg! April 16, 2021
April 16, 2021 - Our bluebirds have their first egg!
Mrs. Bluebird should lay an egg a day for the next three or four days, for a tota...
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The Birds Keep Us Waiting, April 15, 2021
April 15, 2021 - Mrs. Bluebird made just a couple trips into her box this morning. We're still waiting for her to start laying eggs....
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Checking On Our Bird Boxes, April 14
April 14, 2021 - Not much action in the bluebird box today. Mrs. has shown up only four times. The first time, she settled then fussed se...
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Evening Grosbeaks Visit West Newbury
April 14, 2021 - For the last week or so, beautiful downtown West Newbury, Vermont, has hosted a gross of about 25 evening grosbeaks. Now...
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Bird Box Updates April 13, 2021
April 13, 2021 - Not much news with our birds today. Mrs. Bluebird made just a couple trips into her box this morning. She should start l...
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Checking In On Our Birdboxes, April 12, 2021
April 12, 2021 - Checking in to see what's going on in our bird boxes. Mrs. Bluebird has made only a few trips into the box today, making...
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Bluebird and Chickadee Update April 11, 2021
April 11, 2021 - Mrs. Bluebird continues working on her nest. I'd bet she's getting close to finished. Her last trip into the box in this...
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Loons & Turtles - Spring Is Here!
April 11, 2021 - With yesterday's beautiful weather, I dug the kayak out of the basement and headed out. Spring has arrived.
I wasn't th...
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Further Work on the Bluebird Nest - and Chickadees Checking Out a New Box April 10, 2021
April 10, 2021 - Mrs. Bluebird has been coming and going from the box all morning. She stopped to talk to us while we were having lunch o...
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Nest Construction Continues, April 9, 2021
April 09, 2021 - Mrs. Bluebird continues to be busy building her nest in our box. She's been making regular trips in with grass since jus...
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Bluebirds Continue to Build their Nest April 8, 2021
April 08, 2021 - Barry and Jeans are making good progress on their nest. They work hard for a couple hours in the early morning, then wan...
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Return of the Bluebirds! April 7, 2021
April 07, 2021 - Our bluebirds, Barry and Jeans, have returned to claim their nest box for another season! Barry has been checking the bo...
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