All five of our eastern bluebird youngsters successfully fledged
earlier today. This would not be particularly noteworthy save for the
fact the male
has fed and cared for them all by himself the past 10 days. The female
disappeared seven days after hatching five eggs.
We have continued to provide mealworms and the male all but takes them
from the can. He is feeding them in the nearby
trees and it has been difficult to see the fleglings at this point.
In cleaning out the nestbox we found no feces but a number of live
mealworms he had apparently brought while or after fledging.
As we were gone when the young birds left the nestbox we will not know
how many have survived until we hopefully see them at the feeders.
We observed a female in the area this afternoon, it will be
interesting if he will be interested in another romantic relationship
after
his ordeal the past week and a half.
John Nelson
Good Thunder MN
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