After returning home this afternoon, the first thing I did was check in on my bluebird chicks. They’re getting huge! We can expect them to fledge as early as this Saturday. Here’s a quick clip from late this afternoon. 

Another beautiful spring day here in Vermont. Mom and dad are out hunting and bringing food back to the box. I started putting out some live meal worms last weekend. Haven’t seen the bluebirds taking any. But everyone else seems to enjoy them. The chipping sparrows seem to favor the mealworms over everything else in the buffet. 

There may not be any updates for the next couple days. I’ll be shooting and it will be tough for me to capture and edit video on the road. I’ll see what I can do. 

Here’s mom making a couple trips in with food for the chicks. 

Another warm day here in Vermont. Mom has been out of the box most of the day, returning regularly with food. Late morning, after the box had been in direct sun for several hours, the chicks seemed to be a bit uncomfortable and squirming. The box has several vent holes just below the roof line. Hope they’re helping. The chicks won’t have to be uncomfortable much longer, the first day they’re likely to fledge is Saturday the 22nd. 

Another busy day for our bluebird parents. They spent most of the day hunting and delivering food to the chicks. They did take a break when we had some thunderstorms midday. 

Looks like there is still on egg left in the nest. Yesterday’s video showed one broken egg, then it disappeared. I’d assumed mom hauled it off, but maybe it was hidden under the chicks too. 

The chicks are growing incredibly fast! You can see that their wing feathers have started to come in. 

Mom has removed the eggs that didn’t hatch from the nest. She broke them and carried them out in pieces. When I get some time, I’ll try to edit the videos to show her hauling them out. 

We had a nice warm day today, Mrs. Bluebird spent a lot of her time out of the box. Both parents were around the yard most of the day, alternating who brought food back to the box. 

Update – I managed to get a video to upload this evening, here’s today’s check in on the bluebirds

Our bluebird chicks are getting big enough to look like birds now. Their feathers are just starting to come in, the chicks are turning blue. Mom and dad continue to haul food in for them. 

Look how big our chicks are getting! They’ve probably tripled in size since Friday. 

Another day with the parents delivering food to the box for the chicks. We’ve got a warm (for Vermont in the spring) afternoon. Mom has been spending more time out hunting. 

Both parents were busy hunting for the chicks today. Mrs. Bluebird alternates between hunting and sitting in the box. We got some live mealworms today, hopefully that will help them out. 

Here’s several minutes of the bluebird chicks in the nest. Towards the end, Mrs. B returns to feed one of the chicks and settle back in the box.