Second Year First Babies Fledge

by Jen Bailey
(Winston-Salem, NC)

Baby Blues In Nest Before Fledging - Fledge May 9, 2008

Second Year for our bluebird nestbox. We had two broods with same parents in 2007.

I am attaching photo of 5 baby blues a couple days before fledging. We enjoy the entire process of watching the female parent build her nest with her mate "supervising", seeing how many eggs are laid, checking the nestbox each day after baby blues have hatched and watching the parents feed and take care of their brood.

We named our adult pair Django (male named after a jazz guitarist) and Emily (female named for a female jazz guitarist).

Django and Emily are great parents and are very good at keeping other birds, squirrels and cats away from their family! Enjoy the photo.