Mrs. Bluebird returned to the box on schedule late this morning to lay a second egg. She’ll likely lay one a day for until she has four or five eggs. She won’t start sitting on them until they’re all laid. 

I’m still looking for mammals to photograph this spring. If you know of a den – fox, coyote, bobcat – or have a racoon, mink, fisher or bear on some sort of a schedule I’d love to know. 

Here’s Jeans settling in to lay her egg.

We’re looking inside a nesting box with the bluebirds in West Newbury, Vermont. The camera is permanently mounted in the box and we can watch without disturbing the birds.