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Bluebird Box
06/04/06 09:54
Should you clean out box after each clutch?
What are we looking at?
05/24/06 12:55
This box image looks different that before. Aside from there not being any bluebirds in it, What happened? Is it another box on the property?
Back to the Bluebirds!
05/14/06 10:21
Unfortunately, they're in more shade than the ducks, so it's still darker than the duck box was.

Jennifer
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Ducklings fledged
05/14/06 09:49
From about 8:37 to 8:42 all the ducklings fledged. As soon as they clear the area around the box my husband will count how many eggs are left. That will give us a head count on the fledglings. (I'm at work watching on line.)

Jennifer Maxwell
Cam Host
ducklings
05/13/06 20:54
Will the ducklings leave the box tonight?
History of this duck box nest
05/13/06 19:07
On 4/3/06 the first egg was laid in this box. 4/6 there were 6 eggs. 4/9, 12 eggs. On 4/15 there were 20 eggs, which was the final number. The first time the adult female was in there when I checked the box, was on 4/18. I suspected she started incubating around 4/13 so my husband was watching it closely this morning to get it online if they started hatching. Read the species account for information on egg dumping, a behavior documented in Wood Ducks. It explains why we had more than one egg laid per day. I've found that, if a female starts incubating a clutch, even one with 25 or 26 eggs, a large portion of the eggs hatch.

Jennifer Maxwell
Cam Host
Box dimensions
05/13/06 18:26
There was a question about the box size. I basically use the construction plan on this website. http://www.birds.cornell.edu/birdhouse/pdf/boxwodu.pdf Of course, it's extra tall so the camera can be mounted above the door. It's got a door to check the nest and a door to adjust the camera. It's also got a plexiglas roof, spray painted white to let in light.

Jennifer Maxwell
Cam Host
How do the baby ducklings get out?
05/13/06 15:48
Just out of idle curiosity and it's got me really confused, but how ARE the baby ducklings going to get out of that box? I see the mesh ladder for lack of a better term on the inside of the box that I'm assuming goes up to the hole, but as ducks are webfooted, it would seem impossible to me that they could climb that.
This is a Wood Duck but other ducks use cavities
05/13/06 14:09
We've had Hooded Mergansers in boxes at the Heard Museum(Prothonotary cam host). I know that Black-bellied Whistling ducks will use a box and I think there are other duck species who are cavity nesters also. At the Heard we've actually had Woodies and Hooded Mergansers egg dumpo in each others nests.

Jennifer Maxwell
Cam Host
Greenville, TX
number of eggs
05/13/06 11:25
How many eggs are there? I can clearly see 9,but I am sure there are more.
Wood Duck?
05/13/06 10:21
Anyone else think it's a woody?
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What am I looking at????
05/13/06 10:12
It seems like a totally different cam with a duck sitting on white eggs.
I think they all hatched
05/10/06 14:31
I don't see any eggs or shell pieces anywhere right now!
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Changed roof-better?
05/09/06 19:06
I just went and chnged the roof with a more lightly spray painted plexiglas. Is that better? Sorry it took me so long to get around to it.

PS. I think the Prothonotaries have a nestling hatched!

Jennifer Maxwell
Greenville, TX
The third egg is hatching!
05/09/06 16:54
It's 4:53PM EST and the third egg is hatching!
Second egg is hatching!
05/09/06 14:13
A second egg is hatching right now (2:10 PM EST), it's split right down the middle and there's something in the middle of the eggs (possibly the albumen from the egg?)
A Baby!
05/09/06 12:30
I see one of the eggs has hatched!
female
05/09/06 10:03
Just as I pressed enter the female came in. I guess I was just missing her last couple of days.
hatching?
05/09/06 10:01
I havent seen the female bluebird on the nest for days, but it looks like one of the eggs is hatching. How is this possible?
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Where is the Female Bluebird
05/07/06 23:01
Every time I view this nest Cam lately, I see 5 unattended eggs. It is now 10.00 PM Texas Time, and the eggs are unattended. No way this would be occur, had not something happened to the Female. Is is 62 degrees outside!
Your Cam.
04/24/06 20:57
How did you set-up your inside camera? We are trying set-up one in our Flicker box!
Nesting Attempts
04/24/06 14:14
I wonder how many nesting attempts we'd get this year!!!!
Second Egg
04/23/06 15:31
hey there appeasr to be our second egg from the pair of eastern bluebirds. they only just layed there first one yesterday.
picture
04/22/06 20:04
The image appears very dark almost all the time. Is there any way to brighten it up any?
First egg
04/22/06 13:48
hey i jsut looked in the nest box nad there appears to be our first eastern bluebird egg.
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First Egg
04/22/06 09:40
It's early Saturday morning and egg number one has made its debut.
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bluebird
04/18/06 11:39
I currently have a camera inside one of my boxes with an active bluebird nest. The nestlings are 10 days old and very loud! This refreshing page is cool but doesnt come close to watching them live. Would it be possible to view this nest live like the barn owls?
bluebird?
04/18/06 10:47
There appears to be some grass in the box. Could this be the start of a bluebird nest?
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