Comments - Eastern Bluebird (CCES2)
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06/23/07 16:26
I'm an elementary school teacher, and we have experienced our first eastern bluebirds this spring. We erected a house when we saw the pair checking out other boxes in our courtyard. They were competing with house sparrows, so we moved the house to our meadow where the pair quickly built their nest, and laid 5 eggs which hatched last weekend. I kept wondering what was happening inside the box. Now I know. "Our" 5 nestlings are 7 days old today. The NYS Bluebird Society will band them next week.
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Congratulations!!!
(06/23/07 20:27)
Congratulations!!!
(06/23/07 20:27)
Oh Dear
06/23/07 10:55
...we're back to the dreaded "black screen"
Unbelievable year for bluebirds
06/23/07 00:03
After two earlier hatchings to date I wish to nominate our present female, "Mother of the Year". The first nest was four, the second five and now the third with five. I have taped the second and now taping the third. What a wonderful experience. We expect the third to hatch around the 28th of this month.
Oscar Handle
Lilburn, GA
Oscar Handle
Lilburn, GA
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ERRRRR
06/19/07 19:36
I think the cam is stuck!
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bluebird on top of bird house/nest on ground
06/17/07 12:01
Finally, a bluebird has landed in my yard...atop one of the houses. But the house was on its side (somebody/animal must have knock it over) and the nesting material is on the ground.
Any ideas of what to do?
Any ideas of what to do?
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Food first?
06/16/07 13:42
Just a thought that might apply, greater the hunger the quicker to gape widely for food. Mouth interiors are often brightly colored in many bird species which probably reenforces a quicker delivery of the food item. Small insects are not usually divided and shared in the case of songbirds. In contrast ospreys routinely tear apart larger fish for feeding to chicks as we see at the os cam. ER KBS Cam co-host
Question for the host or anyone who knows
06/15/07 16:11
Just how do the parents figure out which nestling should get the insect? Or is the insect divided up? Sorry if this seems like a silly question!
Cam problem
06/14/07 17:22
We'll look into the problem. Thank you for notifying us.
~CLO/TBN Staff
~CLO/TBN Staff
cam froze?
06/14/07 15:39
The picture of the babies hasen't changed at all. I think the cam is froze.
Thank you TBN/CLO
06/13/07 19:06
Yea...we've got pictures!!! Thanks for your hard work getting the cam back!!
MA
MA
I'm getting black too!
06/13/07 10:26
Please get the image back on soon. Any idea why it's black?
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CLO & TBN
06/13/07 07:13
Thanks for the picture update of the little ones (6/12) It was great seeing them as I'm still getting a black screen!!
MA
MA
Thanks
06/11/07 11:20
I can see...I can see...cute...will be so much fun to watch them grow!!
MA
MA
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5 (?) chicks in the nest!
06/11/07 11:14
How exciting!
Looking forward to seeing them grow!!
Looking forward to seeing them grow!!
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Eggs Hatching
06/09/07 22:44
We think we got the cam back on line June 8. At the time we worked on the system 3 of the eggs had hatched on June 8! ER KBS Cam-cohost.
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Blackout?
06/07/07 13:30
Has the camera gone off-line? I can't get a picture.
Sunshine In Entrance Hole
06/03/07 17:45
It appears that the afternoon sun is shining in the entrance hole. At 16:34 there is a large curcular area of sun on the incubating female and surrounding nest material. I manage several large trails and know that this can be a real problem. Even with ventilation, the interior of the nestbox will heat up like an oven if it goes on for long. The box needs o be turned out of the sun or a better overhanging roof added. Please advise what will be done about this. Thank you
At home
06/02/07 17:22
Mom is currently in the box...I too was starting to worry a bit.
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Mom MIA
06/01/07 14:53
I have checked over the last 2 days and haven't seen Mom on the nest. Has anyone caught a qlimpse of her?
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Bluebird cam at Caldwel Co. Elem. School
05/28/07 13:33
We recently installed a cam in our bluebird box for the first time. The pair we have started their nest the exact day as CCES and has the same number eggs but she skipped laying on Friday so the 5th egg was laid a day behind the CCES nest on May 27th. It will be fun to watch and compare. I am thrilled to have my cam box and see everything up close! I highly recommend it, an excellent learning experience along with the Cornell/Birdhouse Network web sites!
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GO MOM
05/27/07 12:59
She's beautiful!!
Mom on nest
05/26/07 09:11
She looks dark for a bluebird!
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now 4 eggs
05/25/07 14:05
I see 4 eggs now
3 eggs how wonderful
05/24/07 12:00
Good to see another nesting attempt under way and I hope the eggs will hatch succesfully.
No cam today?
05/23/07 09:47
Everytime I look in, the cam is black. Is this occuring off and on lately?
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Looks like a lovely Bluebird
05/22/07 14:15
sitting on her egg, hopefully just one of many to come.
I see an egg!
05/22/07 12:33
How wonderful is that! I'm so glad this nest is going to be used.
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More development
05/21/07 15:12
The nest is definitely more complete than on the 17th. Fingers crossed.
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I thought that there
05/18/07 19:20
was activity at this nest again,.But I haven't seen any comments or the nest for that matter. Is the cam broke?
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Sparrow Nestbox
05/09/07 17:26
I am thinking about putting a nestbox for sparrows. Don't sparrows need nestboxes too?
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abandoned nest/eggs
05/08/07 12:20
what do you do with abandoned nests and eggs?
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a new start
05/07/07 20:50
Nestbox is ready for a new start. This second nesting attempt has a much better chance because the weather is more normal than the several days of cold weather during the first nesting.
Best wishes....for success.
Best wishes....for success.
Nest Abandoned
05/03/07 11:35
Since the eggs should have hatched about April 19, two weeks ago, the eggs certainly will not hatch. The female has not been observed at the nest in several days; therefore, the nest and eggs have been abandoned and will be removed from the nesting box. The nest is very unusual in that bluebird feathers are incorporated into the nest. CCES has a pertmit to display abandoned nests and eggs, so this special nest and eggs will become part of a school educational exhibit. TS/KBS/ER Cam hosts
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