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Fledgling behavior

Posted by kickle (My Page) on
Fri, Aug 6, 10 at 0:18

I am new to bluebird watching. We had 5 babies that fledged almost 3 weeks ago. The parents started a new nest in the birdhouse and there are 5 eggs due to hatch any day. This evening, the 5 fledglings came to the house area as they have been doing from time to time. Two or three of them started burrowing in the short grass near the birdhouse. Soon all five were working at it. They were upside down at times as though they were trying to dig into the grass and make a nest. Then they all clustered as though in a nest and started begging to be fed. The parents were around but ignored them. Has anyone seen this type of behavior? I got some photos of this.


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RE: Fledgling behavior

That is funny...and kind of cute. I've not seen it before, but this is only my second year with bluebirds.

Both times I did not witness them leave the nest, but knew they had because the parents would scold me as I walked along the tree line where their fledglings were presumably hiding. I'd love to see them as you described.

I plan to add a water feature, hoping to lure them to it, so it will be more likely that I'll see them.

Here is a link that might be useful: A Native Backyard


 
 

 

 


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