I live in South Carolina and have had a pair of Bluebirds nest in a box in my yard for the last six years. Normally they would lay five eggs and fledge three. She has fledged her first three this year and has started on her second brood! Only she had laid NINE eggs as of 4-23-21! What is going on? Help!
-
Welcome to BirdForum, the internet's largest birding community with thousands of members from all over the world. The forums are dedicated to wild birds, birding, binoculars and equipment and all that goes with it.
Please register for an account to take part in the discussions in the forum, post your pictures in the gallery and more.
Bluebird issue (1 Viewer)
- Thread starter po5353
- Start date
Hi Po and a warm welcome to you from Myrtle Beach and on behalf of the rest of the staff!
Please join in wherever you like and you sure shocked the heck out of me looking at all those eggs.
Please be advised that normally images of nests and eggs are not allowed on BirdForum. I am letting this one pass due to the surprising amount of eggs but please, no more.
Please join in wherever you like and you sure shocked the heck out of me looking at all those eggs.
Please be advised that normally images of nests and eggs are not allowed on BirdForum. I am letting this one pass due to the surprising amount of eggs but please, no more.
Tired
Well-known member
Welcome to the forum. Lots of good information on here, hope you enjoy your stay.
Look at all those eggs! I wonder if she's got some bodily process gone slightly awry, causing this? Very interesting.
You should leave the nest alone, though. Getting close enough to the nest to get photos like this, or observing it substantially in any way the parents can see, will stress the parents and may drive them away. Even if they don't outright leave, it can keep them off the nest for longer than is healthy for the eggs and babies, and it puts a lot of stress on them during a time when they're already pretty stressed in general. The only nests you want to look at up-close are ones that have long since been abandoned by their inhabitants.
Look at all those eggs! I wonder if she's got some bodily process gone slightly awry, causing this? Very interesting.
You should leave the nest alone, though. Getting close enough to the nest to get photos like this, or observing it substantially in any way the parents can see, will stress the parents and may drive them away. Even if they don't outright leave, it can keep them off the nest for longer than is healthy for the eggs and babies, and it puts a lot of stress on them during a time when they're already pretty stressed in general. The only nests you want to look at up-close are ones that have long since been abandoned by their inhabitants.
Thank you for the welcome
I am sure I will enjoy the group
Hi Yauga and a warm welcome from me too.
I'm sure you will enjoy it here and I hope to hear about all the birds you see when out and about. Please let us know the outcome - I'm quite intrigued!
I'm sure you will enjoy it here and I hope to hear about all the birds you see when out and about. Please let us know the outcome - I'm quite intrigued!
Hello and welcome to the forum, enjoy and all the best.
Thank you Fritz73 for the welcomeWelcome to Birdforum
Looking forward to hearing about all your birdings
Thank you for the warm welcome
