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| possible dead bluebird | 7/22/2008 | Bluebird Bob Walshaw |
Q: i have been checking since bluebird layed her eyes, there were four. they are now 13 days old, i ...
A: You are right to leave them alone after 13 days, as the birds see us as predators and may try to ...
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| abandoned eggs | 7/19/2008 | Bluebird Bob Walshaw |
Q: I have 4 eggs in the bluebird house, (3rd batch this summer). It seems they have abandoned the eggs. ...
A: This is not unusual at the end of the season and in hot weather. You don't say where you live, but ...
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| BlueBird Nest | 7/17/2008 | Bluebird Bob Walshaw |
Q: This year I put a bluebird box in my backyard and sure enought one pair occupied it. I have been ...
A: They may have grown up and fledged (flown from the box). You can tell this by cleaning the nest out ...
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| bluebird egg hatching | 7/12/2008 | Bluebird Bob Walshaw |
Q: once a bluebird egg starts hatching how long does it normally take for them to completely hatch, ...
A: After the first "pip" or tiny hole in the shell from a healthy baby it usually takes 12 to 24 hours ...
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| Bluebird babies | 7/11/2008 | Bluebird Bob Walshaw |
Q: Bob...my pair of eastern bluebirds just finished raising a clutch of 3 babies (2 male and 1 female). ...
A: You should get the old nest out as the babies never go back.(Just scrape it out with a putty knife). ...
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| missing egg | 7/11/2008 | Bluebird Bob Walshaw |
Q: As of noon today, there were 3 bluebird eggs and now 4 hours later one is missing. The other eggs ...
A: Unfortunately there are things in the bird world that we don't understand. The new in-box camera ...
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| Keeping sparrow out of a bluebird house | 7/11/2008 | Bluebird Bob Walshaw |
Q: We had a old bird house in our yard. The bee starting going in it so we sprayed it with bug spray. ...
A: House sparrows are a serious problem. They are the rats of the bird world, and call for aggressive ...
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| Unhatched eggs | 7/10/2008 | Bluebird Bob Walshaw |
Q: After a month of nest building and checking out my bluebird house, the pair finally had 5 eggs in ...
A: If houses are too close together this can be a source of confusion, and a pair may build a dymmy ...
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| Unhatched eggs | 7/10/2008 | Bluebird Bob Walshaw |
Q: After a month of nest building and checking out my bluebird house, the pair finally had 5 eggs in ...
A: Sometimes this happens and we don't know why. The Bluebirds may have been spooked by the house ...
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| bluebird eggs | 7/9/2008 | Bluebird Bob Walshaw |
Q: We had 4 eggs in our bluebird house. It was about time for them to hatch. All 4 eggs just ...
A: Unfortunately this is the hallmark of a snake attack. House sparrows and house wrens usually smash ...
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| Blue Bird's empty nest | 7/9/2008 | Bluebird Bob Walshaw |
Q: Last week I saw about 4 hatchling in my bluebird box. I have the kind of box that allows me to open ...
A: You did the right thing. They never go back, and you should just scrape the box out with a putty ...
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| abandoned eggs | 7/8/2008 | Bluebird Bob Walshaw |
Q: First there was one egg then two more, I thought one was a sparrow egg so I removed it. Next day ...
A: Usually one different egg is the work of a parasitic brown headed cowbird and they should be removed ...
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| abandoned nest? | 7/8/2008 | Bluebird Bob Walshaw |
Q: Within a couple of days of putting up my first bluebird box, a nest was started by bluebirds. I ...
A: On the positive side, somrtimes there is a bit of delay after nest completion before eggs are laid. ...
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| baby keeps leaving nest | 7/8/2008 | Bluebird Bob Walshaw |
Q: I have a bluebird nest and from pictures on the internet I have determined that the babies are 6-7 ...
A: You are probably right. The birds seem to know when something is wrong, and they sometimes remove ...
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| bluebirds | 7/5/2008 | Bluebird Bob Walshaw |
Q: I had a bluebird house with babies approx. 12 days old. In the morning I checked them and they were ...
A: This just has to be a house sparrow attack. A raccoon or hawk, etc. would have eaten them. Look more ...
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| first time blue bird watcher | 7/5/2008 | Bluebird Bob Walshaw |
Q: My husband put up 2 new bluebird houses this late spring. We have seen a male bluebird around for ...
A: Yes you can open the box and you should be doing this every week to check for problems. Believe or ...
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| Bluebird eggs | 7/1/2008 | Bluebird Bob Walshaw |
Q: I live in Berkshire county, Massachuttes...I have 4 eggs in my bluebird house..the bluebirds are ...
A: In warmer weather incubating can be intremittent as it is easier to keep the eggs at the right ...
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| bluebirds | 6/30/2008 | Bluebird Bob Walshaw |
Q: Bluebirds built a nest in my newspaper box. The babies left the nest today. Today, as I approached ...
A: You are being dive bombed as they probably want to use it for a second nest. All you have to do is ...
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| 4 eggs/dead mom | 6/29/2008 | Bluebird Bob Walshaw |
Q: Our bluebird box has 4 eggs but the mother was found dead on the ground this afternoon about 20 feet ...
A: Unfortunately this is not unusual. A house sparrow could have killed her (were there any marks on ...
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| blue jay ??? | 6/24/2008 | Bluebird Bob Walshaw |
Q: I just love bird watching, and there are these blue jay fledglings at a nest in a bush near my ...
A: All birds lose feathers from time to time, and they lose all of them over a period of time when they ...
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| nest question | 6/24/2008 | Bluebird Bob Walshaw |
Q: Moving to a new place. I have bluebirds currently, what direction, location, how close to the ...
A: Regardless of what you read the best direction to face a house is toward their short grass feeding ...
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| All Bluebird eggs haven't hatched | 6/24/2008 | Bluebird Bob Walshaw |
Q: This is the second brood we have had this season. She laid 4 eggs and almost two weeks to the day ...
A: This is not unusual. Sometimes eggs are infertile, they may have gotten cold or the incubation ...
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| The Bird Guardinan | 6/22/2008 | Bluebird Bob Walshaw |
Q: I have bluebirds nesting and she has laid one egg. I had problems with chickadee babies being ...
A: Guards don't really work well, and they should never be used until all eggs are laid when the birds ...
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| Many bluebird eggs in the nest | 6/22/2008 | Bluebird Bob Walshaw |
Q: Predators got the first batch of our Western Bluebird (5)eggs in May. We made changes and moved the ...
A: A house sparrow or some other bird buried the eggs, and they did not hatch as they were not ...
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| Mother Bluebird Killed - Babies just hatched | 6/21/2008 | Bluebird Bob Walshaw |
Q: So my cat got the mother Bluebird last evening and as she was still alive, I put her back in the ...
A: Often one parent can raise a brood. Don't feel too bad - predators get the slow and less smart which ...
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| Baby Blue | 6/21/2008 | Bluebird Bob Walshaw |
Q: Update on bird to big to get out of nest. Today mom & dad are both feeding him!!However, we saw an ...
A: Sorry I didn't think of that. Sometimes fishing line or string is the problem. And adults can get ...
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| baby blue bird alone | 6/20/2008 | Bluebird Bob Walshaw |
Q: Yesterday I had 4 baby birds about 4 days old. Today there is messy grass on Yesterday I had 4 ...
A: Unfortunately that sounds like a killer house sparrow attack. Do you trap and /or shoot them? They ...
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| nest abandoned | 6/20/2008 | Bluebird Bob Walshaw |
Q: My name is Shannon Worley and I live in Asheville, NC. For the past two years I have had a blue ...
A: The second box may have confused them if it is too close to the first (They should be a minimum of ...
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| Baby Blue trying to get out of nest | 6/20/2008 | Bluebird Bob Walshaw |
Q: We have a baby blue bird in the house in our patio, he has been trying like crazy for the past 4 ...
A: This is unusual as the normal babies always leave on their own after about 19 days after hatching. ...
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| Why don't my BB eggs hatch | 6/18/2008 | Bluebird Bob Walshaw |
Q: This is the second set of eggs that my bluebirds have laid and they do not hatch. I live in Atlanta ...
A: I would be baffled too if I was sure that it was the same pair. Once is not too unusual as once in a ...
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| Blue Birds Gone | 6/17/2008 | Bluebird Bob Walshaw |
Q: My Blue Birds have left the nest the other day, I know the young are now gone. I know they will be ...
A: Depending on where you live they can have up to three families a year. You should be checking the ...
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| bluebird | 6/17/2008 | Bluebird Bob Walshaw |
Q: well, hi. i found an egg in my backyard, with its parents. after a day or so the parents left and it ...
A: Don't do anything. Let nature take its course. The birds had a reason for abandoning it, or a ...
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| missing bluebird | 6/13/2008 | Bluebird Bob Walshaw |
Q: I have a nest in a apple tree in my yard that a bluebird sat on this nest everyday for 1 or 2 weeks. ...
A: If she was sitting on the nest that long she certainly had eggs. An empty undisturbed nest after ...
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| bluebird eggs | 6/11/2008 | Bluebird Bob Walshaw |
Q: My bluebird has stopped sitting on her eggs.....we had 3 or 4 days in the 90's......could there be ...
A: Eggs are abandoned at times and we often do not know why. From the start of incubation Bluebird eggs ...
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| Bluebird hatchlings abandoned? | 6/11/2008 | Bluebird Bob Walshaw |
Q: Just this morning I noticed a large chunk of dead grass gathered below our bluebird box. I check our ...
A: Your touching the eggs/babies was not the problem. We are even able to take babies out of the nest ...
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| BLUE JAY HELP!!!!!!!!!!! | 6/9/2008 | Bluebird Bob Walshaw |
Q: PLease Help!!! I have this blue Jay fledgling. The rehab people are going to come pick itup in a ...
A: Let the rehab people help you. I never recommend helping baby birds, as they bond to you and can ...
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| Bluebird Nesting | 6/9/2008 | Bluebird Bob Walshaw |
Q: After the first babies have hatched and left, should the unoccupied nest be cleaned out or left in ...
A: Yes. Just scrape the old nest out with a putty knife - no need to do more. This increases the chance ...
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| last bluebird baby | 6/7/2008 | Bluebird Bob Walshaw |
Q: I have a bluebird box that had 4 babies, we had a bad storm this past Wednesday, the babies would ...
A: If you are sure of the 10 to 11 days it would have been too early for them to leave the box as it ...
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| spooker or no spooker? | 6/5/2008 | Bluebird Bob Walshaw |
Q: Do sparrow spookers ever spook the bb's? Mama Blue has laid her first egg. Spooker holder has ...
A: The spooker experts advise not putting the spooker strips until all eggs are laid so she has firmly ...
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| Bluebirds | 6/4/2008 | Bluebird Bob Walshaw |
Q: A pair of bluebirds nested in our bluebird box. They have been very active, until I put the ...
A: That should not have bothered them. They get rained on and sometimes like to fly through and feed ...
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