Light And Time

 What makes photography a strange invention is that its primary raw materials are light and time.

- John Berger

Bluebirds Round 2, Post 7

 Bluebird update: The nestlings are 5-6 days old and are starting to look more like birds! Based on the internet, they should be opening their eyes very soon. Note the "dud" egg barely visible beneath them... Second photo is mom bringing food.

The 3 babies hatched between mid-day Friday and mid-day Saturday, so they're 5-6 days old...

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Mother bluebird bringing dinner, not long after the photo of the nestlings.

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Bluebirds Round 2, Post 6 - Trio!

 We had our 1st hatchling of the 2nd brood around noon yesterday.  by 5pm, we were up to 3 hatchlings.  As of 5:30 today, we're still at 3, with one laggard egg.  I suspect this is a "dud", as they all should've hatched pretty close to the same time.  We'll see though.  The parents seem to be working hard to bring food, so they'll be growing.

At 1 - 1.5 days old, they're still pretty ugly, huh?

Bluebirds Round 2 Post 5 - A Hatchling!

 After the Bluebird mom quit laying (at 4), I figured (based on the internet) that we should see hatchlings between 6/6/24 and 6/10/24.  I checked at lunchtime yesterday, but still nothing.  Today I noticed that the mom was spending a lot of time hanging out in the doorway.  I wondered if maybe she was sticking close to defend the nest, but NOT sitting on the eggs (so they could hatch).  She flew off while I was out filling the feeders, so I decided to sneak a peek:

One hatched, three to go!  Last round I didn't get a photo in the first day or two, they almost looked like birds then.  Not so today!