Mrs. Squire's Class Report:
Box 1 had 5 eggs and one egg was hatching as we opened the box. Wow!!!! It was pink and naked and the egg had a circular cut that went all the way around. It was in two halves.
Mrs. Laubscher's Class Report:
Box #2 – Same two nests (chickadee and eastern blue bird) along with a carpenter bee.
Box #5 – We found a nest that was made of sticks, but did not look done.
We also saw a robin nest in a bush that was near box 5 and that was really cool because there were five babies.
This week Ranger Pete showed us box #4 where we saw a tree swallow nest with a pinkish/white egg and a complete nest made of feathers. There was a tree swallow staring at us while we looked at the nest.
Ranger Pete's Report: Today's monitoring was one of the most exciting days to date. Mrs Rowsey's class checked Box #1 around 1:15 PM to find 5 Eastern Bluebird eggs under the watchful eye of the female who flew around the area while we were gathering our nest box observations.
Mrs Squire's class returned to take a quick peek at the Bluebird nest with its eggs only to discover the first hatchling working itself free from the egg shell at about 2:15 PM.
Box 4 revealed the first Tree Swallow egg under the watchful eyes of the male perched on a nearby powerline.
The Lylburn Downing Middle School Nest Box Trail now has a total of 5 species in 4 nest boxes:
Download the past week's observation photo log below.
Box 1 had 5 eggs and one egg was hatching as we opened the box. Wow!!!! It was pink and naked and the egg had a circular cut that went all the way around. It was in two halves.
Mrs. Laubscher's Class Report:
Box #2 – Same two nests (chickadee and eastern blue bird) along with a carpenter bee.
Box #5 – We found a nest that was made of sticks, but did not look done.
We also saw a robin nest in a bush that was near box 5 and that was really cool because there were five babies.
This week Ranger Pete showed us box #4 where we saw a tree swallow nest with a pinkish/white egg and a complete nest made of feathers. There was a tree swallow staring at us while we looked at the nest.
Ranger Pete's Report: Today's monitoring was one of the most exciting days to date. Mrs Rowsey's class checked Box #1 around 1:15 PM to find 5 Eastern Bluebird eggs under the watchful eye of the female who flew around the area while we were gathering our nest box observations.
Mrs Squire's class returned to take a quick peek at the Bluebird nest with its eggs only to discover the first hatchling working itself free from the egg shell at about 2:15 PM.
Box 4 revealed the first Tree Swallow egg under the watchful eyes of the male perched on a nearby powerline.
The Lylburn Downing Middle School Nest Box Trail now has a total of 5 species in 4 nest boxes:
- Box 1: Eastern Bluebirds
- Box 2: Eastern Bluebird nest taken over by Carolina Chickadees in turn evicted by a Carpenter Bee.
- Box 3: Empty
- Box 4: Tree Swallows
- Box 5: House Wrens
- Behind Box 5 in a bush: American Robins
- Box 6: Empty
Download the past week's observation photo log below.
| LDMS Nest Box Observations from Week Five 5-11-15 |
