May 27, 2014
Yesterday morning just before the sun came up I started watching these bluebirds building a nest. I watched them for about an hour and took nearly 100 pictures. These pictures were taken thru the window glass so they are not as clear as I would like them to be. I was afraid raising the window would scare them away.
The female was gathering the nesting material and would fly back and perch a minute before entering into the house. Sometimes the female would hand off to the male nesting material and he would go inside.
Most of the time she was gathering and handling all the nesting materials herself. About every five minutes she would fly out of the house to gather more material, fly back and start all over again.
It seem like she would gather more pine needles than grass for the nest. On the above shot she couldn’t hardly get all of the material into the house.
Another beak full!
This is the second clutch or brood of the year for these bluebirds in this house and it is the fourth year that I have had bluebirds in this bluebird house. Last year I count 4 different broods in this bluebird house. They will usually lay 4 to 7 eggs the first brood but average is 4 to 5 eggs and toward the end of the season they will only lay 1, 2 or 3 eggs.
The male has the striking blue color!
I really enjoyed watching them build their nest and got some great pictures! I hope you enjoyed them as much as I did!
Do you have a bluebird house? Have you had bluebird nest in your house this year?
2013 Bluebird post:
It’s Bluebird Nesting Time Again
Bluebirds Eating Mealworms
Bluebirds and Mealworm Feeder
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Beautiful! I shared on my FB page!
cool, thank you! 🙂
I love watching birds build nests. I wish I had blue birds here, but I’ve just never seen any in my yard. Thanks for the photos and fun of watching yours build their nest. Hugs, Natalie 🙂
me too Natalie! 🙂
Working together..Very sweet photos!
They worked together the entire time 🙂
Michael, these are wonderful images–a step by step of nest building 101 🙂 what a special treat!!!
Thank you so much for sharing these!!
They obviously think your houses are the best!!
1 week and I head to Savannah–aaaggghhhh 🙂
Hey Julie! I was lucky to have watched them, it was pretty cool! 🙂 I know you are excited about the wedding, I sure hope you have great weather! 🙂
how very cute are they! we have a few houses around that have been used in the past. this year they took over the fresh woodpecker hole in our new power pole!
Oh how cool, you should post pictures! 🙂
i did. 🙂
Great photo of their efforts, Michael. What a beautiful house! WG
thank you Elizabeth!
What a wonderful way to spend an hour of your life. I’ll bet those birds are thanking their lucky stars for a new home as nice as that one!
It was cool to watch them! 🙂
Lovely shots Michael! We don’t have bluebirds here, but they are so pretty – even the female without the strong colour. We had Great Tits nesting in our box this spring. They are also pretty, although not as cute as the smaller BlueTits. And they chirp so nicely too!
thank you Cathy! The Great Tits is a beautiful bird, it has a little blue as well. We don’t have them here in the US. You should try to get a few pictures to post!
How fun and exciting! 🙂
Oh right on you should be seeing the young soon enough!! Thank you for coming by my post too!! http://mrsroadrunner.wordpress.com/2011/05/03/mountain-bluebird-encounter-oregon-bird-watching/mountain-bluebird-encounter-oregon-bird-watching-4/
Great sequence of shots Michael.
thank you! 🙂
I’ve only seen one bluebird in my life and that was many years ago. I don’t know if I don’t see them because of color blindness, or if they just aren’t here.
I wasn’t sure if they were in your area or not so I Google and found that they are in your area but not as prevalent os in the southern states. 🙂 Here is a link http://sdakotabirds.com/species/maps/eastern_bluebird_map.htm
How fun to be able to watch them build their nest. They really are cute.
They were hard at work! I would have loved to have watched them!
Yes they were, I got lucky spotting them and getting all the pictures! It was fun watching them 🙂
Beautiful house and a wonderful talent you have!
thank you so much! 🙂
All birds have two kids in the very first egg. This is normal.
Hi Peter, I am so glad you visited my site! I have a bluebird house where today the bluebirds have started building their third nest. I have been watching the nearly all day, they carry nesting materials to the house. 🙂