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The
First Nest of the 2025 Season
A
Chickadee
Nest in Birdhouse #1
March 25, 2025 Chickadees began
placing nesting material in the
birdhouse
April 5, 2025
The Chickadee laid her first egg about 10am
April 8, 2025
Another egg was laid this morning It is
probably the fourth
egg. We did not see the 2nd and 3rd since
she covered them soon after laying them.
April 14, 2025
The Chickadee finally uncovered the eggs -
there are 7 eggs. The incubation period has
begun.
April 26, 2025
The eggs have begun to hatch.
April 29,
2025
The nestling phase has begun.
April 26, 2025
The eggs began to hatch during the night and
early morning hours today. As of 11am today,
at least 4 eggs have hatched so far.
May 1, 2025
Between 11:16am and 11:30am this morning, a
red-bellied woodpecker raided the chickadee
nest and removed two of the chicks.
May
3, 2025
This afternoon at 5:15pm a black snake
entered the birdhouse and destroyed all the
remaining chicks.
May 5, 2025
We cleaned out the birdhouse. We will be
adding a tube entrance hole to deter the
Red-bellied woodpecker and a electric fence
to deter the snake.
The
Second Nest of the 2025 Season
A Wren nest in Birdhouse #2
May 12, 2025 Wrens began
placing nesting material in
birdhouse #2.
May 17, 2025
The wren laid her first egg about 6:15 am.
May 18, 2025
The wren laid her second egg about 6:45 am.
May 19, 2025
The wren laid her third egg this
morning about 6:50 am.
May 20, 2025
The wren laid her forth egg this
morning about 7:10 am.
May 21, 2025 The wren laid her fifth egg this
morning about 7:35 am.
May 23, 2025 We
are now in the eggs incubation period. This
normally ranges from 12 to 16 days, so we
should see the eggs hatch sometime between
June 3rd and June 7th.
June 3, 2025
One of the eggs (#5) disappeared sometime
between last evening and this morning. Our
video replays have not revealed exactly when
or how this occurred.
June 5, 2025
The first egg hatched sometime during the
early morning hours today.
June 5, 2025
The second egg hatched at 6:05pm this
afternoon.
June 12, 2025 We
are now in the nestling phase for the young
wrens. This nestling period last 10 to 16
days. That means they should fledge sometime
between June 15th and June 21st. The
third and fourth egg never hatched.
June 18, 2025 Both nestlings successfully fledged at
6:31pm tonight.
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 nestling 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
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2024 Nesting Season
Location: Maryland's
Eastern Shore
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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,
2025 The bluebird laid
her fourth egg at 11:30am
March 26, 2024 The
incubation period has begun
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2023 Nesting Season
Location: Maryland's
Eastern Shore
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The
Second Nest of the
2023 Season
A Wren Nest
in Birdhouse #2
July 13 2023
The wren laid her first egg
at about 5:45 am
July 14, 2023 The second egg was
laid at 7:24 am
July 17,
2023 The third egg was
laid about 8:00 am
July
18, 2023 The fourth
egg was laid around 7:30 am
July 19, 2023 The incubation period began
July 31, 2023 The
first egg hatched during the
early morning hours
August 1, 2023 The
second egg hatched
August 2, 2023 The
third egg hatched
August
15, 2023 The first
nestling fledged at about
7:15am
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The
First Nest of the
2023 Season
A Chickadee Nest
in Birdhouse #1
March 29, 2023
Chickadees began putting in
nesting material
April
9, 2023 The
chickadee laid her first egg
about 6:45pm
April
12, 2023 The
chickadee uncovered the nest
revealing 6 eggs
April
13, 2023 The
chickadee laid a 7th egg
April 14, 2023
The incubation period has
begun
April
25, 2023
The
eggs began hatching about
5:45pm.
April
28, 2023 All the eggs have hatched.
Here is a
Picture
April 29, 2023 The
nest was raided by a
Red-bellied Woodpecker over
night.
Picture
May
2, 2023 We cleaned out the birdhouse
hoping for another possible
nest this season
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2022 Nesting Season
Location: Maryland's
Eastern Shore
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The
First Nest of the
2022 Season
A Black-capped
Chickadee Nest
February 9, 2022: First
birds to visit the birdhouse
this season - Male and
Female Bluebird
March 26, 2022: A Chickadee placed
the first nesting material
in the birdhouse
April
10, 2022: It appears that there might
be 4 eggs under the white
fur.
April 15, 2022: Seven eggs became
visible
today. Incubation appears to
have begun.
April 28,
2022: The eggs began hatching in
the early morning hours. All
7 eggs hatched
May 6,
2022: The nest was raided by a
Red-Bellied Woodpeckers and
several chicks were removed
May 10, 2022:
The nest was again raided by
the Red-Bellied Woodpecker.
Only one chick remains
May 14, 2022:
The remaining chick fledged
today
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2021 Nesting Season
Location: Maryland
Eastern Shore
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The
First Nest of the
2021 Season
A Black-capped
Chickadee Nest
March 1, 2021: New
birdhouse erected at the
edge of the woods April
8, 2021:
Nesting material first
noted in the
birdhouse
April 16,
2021:Three eggs were laid
about 4:30pm
April
17, 2021: A fourth egg was
laid
April
18, 2021: Two more eggs were
laid for a total of six
April 19, 2021:
The incubation period has
begun
May
1, 2021: Five of the six
eggs hatched
May 4,
2021: A wren raided the nest
and destroyed the chicks and
the unhatched egg
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2020 Nesting Season
Location: Northern
Baltimore County, Maryland
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The Nests of the
2020 Season
A Wren Nest in the
Round-hole Birdhouse
A Bluebird nest in the Slotted
Birdhouse
A Wren nest in the slotted birdhouse
May
1, 2020: Nesting material
appeared in the slotted
birdhouse
May
2, 2020: A wren is
building a nest in the
slotted birdhouse
May
5, 2020: Wren decoy
nesting material removed
from the birdhouse
May
9, 2020: New nesting material appeared
in the round-hole birdhouse
May 21, 2020:
We again removed the nesting material.
May 22, 2020: The wren returned and
continued adding nesting material to the
nest
May 24, 2020: The wren laid an egg
in the nest
May 26, 2020: A second egg
was laid
May 28, 2020: A third eggs was
laid
May 29, 2020: A bluebird started
building a nest in the slotted birdhouse
May 30, 2020: A fourth egg was seen in the
wren's nest in the round-hole birdhouse
May 30, 2020: The incubation
period for the wren eggs begins in the
round-hole birdhouse
June
3, 2020: The bluebird laid her first egg in
the slotted birdhouse
June 4, 2020: The bluebird laid a
second egg
in the slotted birdhouse
June 5, 2020: The bluebird laid a
third egg
in the slotted birdhouse
June 6, 2020: The bluebird laid a
fourth egg in the slotted birdhouse
July
1, 2020: The infertile bluebird eggs were
removed from the nest
July 3,
2020: The wren began building a nest in the
slotted birdhouse
July 7,
2020: The wren laid her first egg
July
8, 2020: The wren laid her second egg
July 9, 2020: The wren laid her
third egg
July 10, 2020: Due to
relocating the birdhouses,
the outcome of this nest is
unknown
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2019 Nesting Season
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The
Third Nests of the
2019 Season
Slotted Birdhouse
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A Bluebird Nest
Round-hold Birdhouse - a Wren Nest
June 25, 2019: Nest grass
nesting material appeared in the slotted
birdhouse
July 1, 2019: The
nest appears almost compiled. It is a
bluebird nest
July 3, 2019: The first
bluebird egg was laid about 8:00 am in the
Slotted Birdhouse
July 4, 2019:
The second egg was laid about 8:20 am
July 5, 2019: The
third egg was laid a little before 8:00 am
July 6, 2019: The
bluebird laid her fourth egg at 8:50 am
July 9, 2019: The
incubation period has begun
July 11,
2019: Six wren eggs were discovered in the
round-hold birdhouse toddy
July 21, 2019: The first
three bluebird eggs hatched between 7:00 and
7:30 am
July 21, 2019:
The fourth bluebird egg hatched around 9:00 am
July 24, 2019: The first
wren egg hatched about 7:00 am
August 5,
2019: All 4 bluebirds fledged between
5:00 pm and 6:30 pm
August 6, 2019:
All 5 wrens fledged between 10:30 am and
1:00 pm
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The Second Nest of the
2019 Season
Slotted Birdhouse
A Wren Nest
June 6, 2019: A Wren's nest
with 7 eggs was discovered in the slotted birdhouse
June 7, 2019: The eggs began
hatching about 10:00 am
June 23, 2019:
All seven nestlings fledged during the
afternoon.
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The First Bluebird Nest of the
2019 Season
Slotted Birdhouse
April 19, 2019: The first nesting
material appeared in the slotted birdhouse
April 26, 2019: The first egg of the
season was laid at 9:27 am
April 27,
2019: The second was laid about 10:12
am
April 28, 2019: The third egg
was laid at 10:09 am
April 28, 2019:
The eggs were destroyed and removed by a
wren sometime between 3:00 and 4:00 pm
April 29, 2019: The birdhouse was
cleaned out with the hope that the bluebirds
would return .
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2018 Nesting Season
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The Second Bluebird Nest of the
2018 Season
Slotted Birdhouse
June 9, 2018: The bluebirds began
building a second nest about 11:00 am
June 15, 2018 The first egg of the second
nest of the season was laid at 9:17am
June 16, 2018 The second egg was laid about
8:50 am. Sometime during the afternoon, a
wren raided the nest and removed
the second egg. It appears that the first
egg may have a punctured a hole.
June 17,
2018: The bluebird laid a third egg about
8:45 am.
June 18, 2018: The fourth egg
was laid at about 8:51 am.
June 19, 2018:
The bluebird laid a fifth egg about 10:00 am
June 21, 2018: The incubation period has
begun
June 24, 2018: One egg was removed
from the nest by the bluebird after either
being attached by a beetle or small snake,
or because it was not viable due to a shell
puncture.
July 2, 2018
The first egg hatched about 5:30 pm
July
3, 2018: The second and
third eggs hatched sometime before 9:00 am
July 4, 2018: The fourth
egg hatched during the night or early
morning hours
July 19, 2018:
When we
checked the birdhouse this morning, all the
nestlings were gone. We don't know whether
they all fledged early, by one day, or a
predator raided the nest.
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The First Bluebird Nest of the
2018 Season
Slotted Birdhouse
April 19, 2018: The bluebirds began building
a
nest in the slotted birdhouse
April 26,
2018: The first egg was laid at 8:53
am
April 27, 2018: The second egg was
laid at 9:10 am
April 28, 2018: The third
egg was laid at 9:13 am
April 29, 2018: The fourth egg was laid at 9:02 am
April
30, 2018: The fifth egg was laid at 9:08 am
May 1, 2018: The sixth egg
was laid mid to late morning
May 2, 2018:
The incubation period has begun
May 15,
2018: The eggs began hatching in the
very early morning hours.
At
4:01 the first hatched
egg was spotted. Then at 4:25 am a second egg
hatched. At 5:53 am four eggs had hatched and at 7:55 am the fifth hatched egg
was observed . The
sixth egg hatched about 6:30 pm
May 16, 2018: The nestling
period has begun
May 18, 2018: One
of the nestlings died overnight
June 1,
2018: Two of the nestlings fledged around
noon today
June 2, 2018: The final 3
nestlings fledged - two about 11:45am and
the last in mid-afternoon.
June 4, 2018:
Cleaned out the birdhouse
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2017 Nesting Season
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The Fourth Bluebird Nest of the
2017 Season
Slotted Birdhouse
July 25, 2017: The bluebirds began another
nest in the slotted birdhouse sometime
between 7/20 and 7/25
July 26, 2017: The
first bluebird egg was laid in the slotted
birdhouse about 9:45 am
July 27, 2017:
The second egg was laid about 9:45 am
July 28, 2017: The third egg was laid about
9:40 am
July 29, 2017: The fourth egg was
laid about 9:30 am
July 30, 2017: The
fifth egg was laid around 10:00 am
July
31, 2017: The incubation period has begun
August 12, 2017: The first two eggs hatched
between 9:00am and 10:00am
August 12,
2017: The third egg hatched at 1:58 pm
August 12, 2017: The last two eggs hatched
during the afternoon
August 13, 2017: The
nestling phase has begun. It will last 16 to
21 days.
August 29, 2017: Two of the
nestlings fledged in the early evening
August 30, 2017: The three remaining
nestlings fledged this morning.
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The Third Bluebird Nest of the
2017 Season
Round-hole Birdhouse
July 13, 2017: The
first bluebird nesting material appeared in
the round-hole birdhouse beginning the third
nest of this season
July 16, 2017: The
first egg was laid about 10:00 am
July
18, 2017: The second egg was laid about 9:45
am
July 19, 2017: The third egg was laid
mid-morning
July 20, 2017: The three eggs
were destroyed and removed by a predator.
July 25, 2017: Cleaned out the birdhouse
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The Second Bluebird Nest of the
2017 Season
Round-hole Birdhouse
May 30, 2017: The
first bluebird nesting material appeared in
the Round-hole birdhouse
June 05, 2017:
The first egg was laid about 9:45 am in the
round-hole birdhouse
June 05, 2017:
Later in the day, the nest was raided,
probably by a wren, and it removed the first
egg
June 06, 2017: A second egg was
laid about 9:45 am
June 07, 2017: A
third egg was laid mid-morning
June 08,
2017: A fourth egg was laid about
10:45 am
June 09, 2017: The
incubation period has begun
June 10,
2017: One of the eggs disappeared
sometime today - probably the wren again.
Two eggs remain
John 22, 2017: The
two eggs hatched sometime during the night
June 22, 2017: The nestling period has
begun
July 09, 2017:
Nestling #1 fledged at 7:25 pm, and Nestling
#2 fledged at 7:44 pm
July 10,
2017: Cleaned out the birdhouse
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The First Bluebird Nest of the
2017 Season
Slotted Birdhouse
March 30, 2017: The
first bluebird nesting material appeared in
the slotted birdhouse.
April 11, 2017:
The first egg was laid about 10:00 am
April 12, 2017: The second egg was laid at 10:20 am
April 13, 2017: The third egg was laid at 10:21 am
April 14, 2017: The forth egg
was laid at 9:45 am
April 15, 2017:
The fifth egg was laid at 9:42 am
April
16, 2017: The sixth egg was laid
sometime between 9:45 am and 10:15 am
April 18, 2017: The incubation
period began
April 30, 2017:
The first egg hatched at 11:50 am. Egg 2 hatched between 1:00 pm and 2:00 pm.
Egg 3 hatched about 2:30 pm. Egg 4 hatched
between 2:30 pm and 4:30 pm. Egg 5 hatched
at 5:35 pm. Egg 6 did apparently did not
hatch
May 1, 2017: The Nestling Phase begins for this nest.
(16 to 21 days)
May 10, 2017:
Two of the nestlings died during this week
May 16, 2017: A third
nestling died
May 25, 2017:
The two remaining nestlings fledged in the
early afternoon
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