The Second Nest of the 2024 Season
      A Bluebird Nest in Birdhouse #1

May 17, 2024  Bluebirds began placing nesting material in the birdhouse
May 22, 2024  The bluebird laid her first egg at 8:58am
May 23, 2024  The bluebird laid her second egg about 8am
May 24, 2024  The bluebird laid her third egg about 8:50am
May 25, 2024  The bluebird laid her fourth egg in mid-morning
May 26, 2024  The bluebird laid her fifth egg in late morning
May 27, 2024  The incubation period has begun
June  7, 2024  Four of the eggs hatched today. The 5th egg has not hatched. The nestlinging period has begun.
June  9, 2024  The fifth bluebird egg hatched about 5am this morning. We are now in the Nestling Phase.
June 18, 2024 At 9:45am, a snake entered the birdhouse and destroyed all the nestlings

The First Nest of the 2024 Season
       A Bluebird Nest in Birdhouse #1

March 15, 2024  Bluebirds began placing nesting material in the birdhouse
March 22, 2024  The bluebird laid her first egg this morning
March 23, 2024  The bluebird laid her second egg about 9:45am
March 24, 2024  The bluebird laid her third egg about 9:00am
March 25, 2024  The bluebird laid her fourth egg at 11:30am
March 26, 2024  The incubation period has begun
April     9, 2024   The first egg hatched during the early morning hours. Two more about 10:30am. The fourth egg hatched about 4:00pm.
April   11, 2024   We are now in the Nestling Phase for this nest. The nestlings should fledge sometime between April 25th and April 30th.
April   15, 2024   The nestlings eyes are now opening
April   27, 2024   The first nestling fledge at 10:39am. The remaining three fledged during the afternoon.
April   29, 2024   The birdhouse has been cleaned out. The bluebirds may return and start a second nest