Ok, Blue Bird fans, it’s Week #14 update time for the Mississippi Gulf Coast Blue Bird Program! So, here is what ‘Master Naturalist’ buddy John found yesterday, June 5, 2008, walking around campus during (this week) on a Thursday morning Blue Bird Trail nesting survey:
Emily the Tree Climbing Wonder Dog is also a Mardi Gras freak, and loves those beads!
Master Naturalist buddy John says to pass along that he is ‘OK’ with the fact that Emily the Tree Climbing Wonder Dog received more proposals in marriage than he did since last week’s survey report.
Each week as we cover the grounds of the 45-acre campus where the Blue Bird trail is located, Emily faithfully trails along from nesting box to nesting box, occasionally taking a minute or two to chase a squirrel she spots off to the side in chasing range.
Here’s is this week’s Blue Bird survey report:
Box #1- Empty box, no activity. – Last week: Empty box, no activity.
Box #2- 4 Blue Bird eggs. – Last week: Full Blue Bird nest built, 1 Blue Bird egg.
Box #3- Empty box, no activity. – Last week: Empty box, no activity.
Box #4- 4 Blue Bird babies flew the nest. – At least 2 Blue Bird babies.
Box #5- Empty box, no activity. – Last week: Empty box, no activity.
Box #6- At least 3 Blue Bird babies. – Last week: 3 Blue Bird babies.
Box #7- 4 Blue Bird babies. – Last week: 4 Blue Bird eggs.
Box #8- Empty box, no activity. – Last week: Empty box, no activity.
Box #9- 4 Blue Bird eggs. – Last week: 4 Blue Bird eggs.
Box #10- Empty box, no activity. – Last week: Empty box, no activity.
Box #11- Empty box, no activity. – Last week: Empty box, no activity.
Box #12- Empty box, no activity. – Last week: Empty box, no activity.
Box #13- 4 Blue Bird babies. – Last week: 4 Blue Bird babies.
Totals This Week (June 6, 2008): 8 Blue Bird eggs, 11 Blue Bird babies, 4 Blue Bird babies flew the nest, at least 1 sterile Blue Bird egg, 7 empty nesting boxes.
Totals Last Week (May 23, 2008): 15 Blue Bird eggs, 2 Blue Bird babies, 5 Blue Bird babies flew the nest, 5 empty nesting boxes.
Master Naturalist buddy John continues to be very enthused about the activity, and reports that so far, 23 Blue Bird babies and 6 Chickadee babies have flown from the nesting boxes during this first season of the new Blue Bird Trail. The weather today was partly cloudy, windy and about 88 degrees.
Another update will be along next weekend.
Happy Birding and have a good week!
Love doggie Mardi Gras.
I love your blue bird updates! I love birds, period.
I have a bird feeder that I want to put in my backyard, but we have NO trees out there. The only thing to hang it off of is the fence, or the house. Last time I hung one off the house, the squirrels cracked off pieces of the roof shingles trying to get to it. But I’m dying to hang it, I love seeing all the birds that come to eat. At my last house we had a woodpecker, he was hilarious…he was too big to get food out fo the feeder upright, so he’d hang upside down in order to get his beak in there and eat.
I saw an egret the other day on my way home from work. There is a natural drainage ditch that runs along the bus route, every day I look there as we drive by to see what critters I can spot. I was rewarded this past week with the egret sighting.
That is great. I think I have that many birds nesting on my front porches now!
Have a good weekend.