June 29, 2018
Box A - We have six house wren eggs in this box.
Box B - All house wren fledglings have left. Two or three fledglings left when the door was opened but one remained in the box. There had been 7 eggs in this box and there were no eggs remaining, indicating to me all eggs hatched and all young fledged except the one still there. That would have been quite a large group.
Box 1 is still empty.
Box 2 has 6 house wren eggs.
Box 3 has the very early beginnings of another house wren nest.
Box 4 is a completed nest but still no eggs. It is combination of grass and moss. Will be interesting to see what nest this belongs to.
Box 5 has its bluebird young still there. They are around 16 days old and should be leaving before the next box check. All seemed well with them. I only cracked the door a little and took the best picture I could.
Box 6 is empty.
Box A - We have six house wren eggs in this box.
Box B - All house wren fledglings have left. Two or three fledglings left when the door was opened but one remained in the box. There had been 7 eggs in this box and there were no eggs remaining, indicating to me all eggs hatched and all young fledged except the one still there. That would have been quite a large group.
Box 1 is still empty.
Box 2 has 6 house wren eggs.
Box 3 has the very early beginnings of another house wren nest.
Box 4 is a completed nest but still no eggs. It is combination of grass and moss. Will be interesting to see what nest this belongs to.
Box 5 has its bluebird young still there. They are around 16 days old and should be leaving before the next box check. All seemed well with them. I only cracked the door a little and took the best picture I could.
Box 6 is empty.
Box 5 - Bluebird Fledglings
May 17, 2018
Box 1 Is busy this week, as we have met the mother bird both times we checked the box. She originally laid eggs on the grate but eggs are now to the side of the grate.
Box 1 Is busy this week, as we have met the mother bird both times we checked the box. She originally laid eggs on the grate but eggs are now to the side of the grate.
 Box 1 - Tufted TitMouse or Chickadee? |  |  |
May 17, 2018
We temporarily placed a camera in the box to get a closer look at things. We are thinking this is a tufted titmouse. The weather is cloudy and lighting is poor so it is difficult to tell if there is a tuft on her head.
Box 2 - Partial nest - no eggs
Box 3 - Complete nest - no eggs
Box 4 - Complete nest - no eggs
Box 5 - Empty Box
Box 6 - Tree Swallow nest 5 eggs. Mother there both times we checked this week.
Box A - Empty Box - few twigs, no change.
Box B - Empty Box - Birds Fledged! :)
We temporarily placed a camera in the box to get a closer look at things. We are thinking this is a tufted titmouse. The weather is cloudy and lighting is poor so it is difficult to tell if there is a tuft on her head.
Box 2 - Partial nest - no eggs
Box 3 - Complete nest - no eggs
Box 4 - Complete nest - no eggs
Box 5 - Empty Box
Box 6 - Tree Swallow nest 5 eggs. Mother there both times we checked this week.
Box A - Empty Box - few twigs, no change.
Box B - Empty Box - Birds Fledged! :)
Box B - Babies are growing nicely. May 7, 2018
May 7, 2018
So sad to report that our efforts to support cavity dwelling birds has inadvertently caused the death of 5 babies and a mother bird. Apparently the wind blew the guard in front of box 3 over the entry hole. A mother chickadee was trapped inside with her babies. They were all dead when we discovered them. We fixed the guard and cleaned out the box in hopes of having other birds nest there in the future.
Box A - Empty
Box B - Growing babies
Box 1 - Partial nest
Box 2 - Partial nest
Box 3 - Cleaned out box
Box 4 - Bluebird nest built on top on moss and twigs.
Box 5 - Cleaned out box.
Box 6 - Complete Bluebird nest - no eggs yet.
So sad to report that our efforts to support cavity dwelling birds has inadvertently caused the death of 5 babies and a mother bird. Apparently the wind blew the guard in front of box 3 over the entry hole. A mother chickadee was trapped inside with her babies. They were all dead when we discovered them. We fixed the guard and cleaned out the box in hopes of having other birds nest there in the future.
Box A - Empty
Box B - Growing babies
Box 1 - Partial nest
Box 2 - Partial nest
Box 3 - Cleaned out box
Box 4 - Bluebird nest built on top on moss and twigs.
Box 5 - Cleaned out box.
Box 6 - Complete Bluebird nest - no eggs yet.
Box 4 has seen lots of action. May 10, 2018
Triumph and Tragedy
May 3, 2018
Today we found the good the bad and the ugly.
Box A - Still Empty
Box B - 8 chickadee babies sleeping?
Box 1 - Partial nest
Box 2 - Partial nest
Box 3 - 5 hungry chickadee babies
Box 4 - twigs on top of a moss beginning.
Box 5 - Completed Bluebird nest but the 5 eggs we celebrated Monday have been tossed from the nest. :(
Box 6 - Completed Bluebird nest but there is the addition of some trash in the cup of the nest. Hoping we still have a Bluebird there.
May 3, 2018
Today we found the good the bad and the ugly.
Box A - Still Empty
Box B - 8 chickadee babies sleeping?
Box 1 - Partial nest
Box 2 - Partial nest
Box 3 - 5 hungry chickadee babies
Box 4 - twigs on top of a moss beginning.
Box 5 - Completed Bluebird nest but the 5 eggs we celebrated Monday have been tossed from the nest. :(
Box 6 - Completed Bluebird nest but there is the addition of some trash in the cup of the nest. Hoping we still have a Bluebird there.
BUSY TIMES AT CES
April 26, 2018
Box A - Empty
Box B - 8 eggs hatched, lots of hungry babies!
Box 1 - A chickadee has started working on a nest!
Box 2 - Partial moss nest.
Box 3 - Mother flew from nest as we approached. 6 eggs.
Box 4 - Twigs placed on top of moss. House Wren??
Box 5 - Bluebird nest complete with 5 eggs!
Box 6 - Bluebird nest complete!
April 26, 2018
Box A - Empty
Box B - 8 eggs hatched, lots of hungry babies!
Box 1 - A chickadee has started working on a nest!
Box 2 - Partial moss nest.
Box 3 - Mother flew from nest as we approached. 6 eggs.
Box 4 - Twigs placed on top of moss. House Wren??
Box 5 - Bluebird nest complete with 5 eggs!
Box 6 - Bluebird nest complete!
We have babies!!
April 23, 2018
Box A - Empty
Box B - 2 eggs hatched!
Box 1 - Empty
Box 2 - Start of a moss nest
Box 3 - 6 Chickadee eggs
Box 4 - Less moss than last week. Curious!
Box 5 - Complete Birdbird nest!
Box 6 - Grass nest started
April 23, 2018
Box A - Empty
Box B - 2 eggs hatched!
Box 1 - Empty
Box 2 - Start of a moss nest
Box 3 - 6 Chickadee eggs
Box 4 - Less moss than last week. Curious!
Box 5 - Complete Birdbird nest!
Box 6 - Grass nest started
Box B - Two newly hatched chickadees
Box 2 - First signs of a nest in two years. Yea!
 Box 3 - 6 Chickadee eggs  Box 4 - Less Moss than last week?  Box 5 - Bluebird Nest |  Box 5 - Bluebird nest from above.  Box 6 - Beginnings of a grass nest. |
BOX B - 8 Chickadee Eggs
April 19, 2018
Box A - Empty
Box B
Mother flew from nest as it was approached. Eight eggs in box.
Box 1 - Empty
Box 2 - Empty
Box 3 Complete nest with 6 chickadee eggs
Box 4 - Partial moss nest
Box 5 - Some grass
Box 6 - Few strands of grass
Box 3 - 6 Chickadee Eggs
April 16, 2018
Box 3 now has five eggs. Very exciting! For more information on this week's changes, click on the Nest Box Data 2018 button.
Our mother chickadee in Box B has been very busy. There are now eight eggs in the nest box.
Box B - 8 eggs. April 5, 2018
March 19, 2018
Central Elementary School students met with Ranger Hamel and learned all about bluebird monitoring right before Spring Break. They will be monitoring 8 boxes this spring. Six boxes are located on school grounds and the other two boxes are in the outdoor classroom area on the Sigma Nu headquarter grounds.
They first checked the boxes on March 19th and were surprised to find early activity.
Box B - Outdoor Classroom Sigma Nu grounds
There looks to be a Carolina Chickadee in the process of building a nest. The nest measured about 4 inches in height.
Central Elementary School students met with Ranger Hamel and learned all about bluebird monitoring right before Spring Break. They will be monitoring 8 boxes this spring. Six boxes are located on school grounds and the other two boxes are in the outdoor classroom area on the Sigma Nu headquarter grounds.
They first checked the boxes on March 19th and were surprised to find early activity.
Box B - Outdoor Classroom Sigma Nu grounds
There looks to be a Carolina Chickadee in the process of building a nest. The nest measured about 4 inches in height.
Box 3 - School grounds by the bus parking lot
A small amount of sticks and twigs were found.
A small amount of sticks and twigs were found.
Box 5
There was a small amount of grass in the bottom of the box.
There was a small amount of grass in the bottom of the box.
