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Camera Status: OfflineLocation: Princeton 2009 TimelineNest Build. Date: May 11 First Egg Date: May 20 Clutch Size: 5 Incubation: May 24 Hatch Date: Jun 05 Number of Nestlings: 5 Note: All five young fledged on June 22nd! |
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New Attempt?
May 11, 2009 -
The cam host changed boxes to give us a look at the start of another eastern bluebird nest.
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Nest Building
May 13, 2009 -
A pair of bluebirds has definitely started building a nest in this box. It may not be much longer before we have eggs!
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Shifted View
May 15, 2009 -
The camera has shifted a little, but we're hoping to have this fixed soon.
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Still Building
May 18, 2009 -
The camera was repositioned so now we have a great shot of the nest, which is still in progress.
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Three Eggs
May 22, 2009 -
There is one egg for everyday she has been laying: Wednesday, Thursday, Friday. We'll have to see how many more she may have.
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Five Eggs and Incubation
May 26, 2009 -
With fifth egg laid Sunday, the clutch is complete and the female has begun incubation.
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Incubation
May 29, 2009 -
The female is still incubating. The male will bring her most of her meals so that she can spend more time on the nest.
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Interesting Birds
Jun 01, 2009 -
Eastern bluebirds are very unique birds. Both within and between populations, there can be a remarkable level of variation in morphology and behavior.
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Estimated Hatch Date
Jun 03, 2009 -
Eastern bluebird eggs can take about two weeks to hatch. These eggs should hatch somewhere around June 7th.
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Hatch Day!
Jun 05, 2009 -
These chicks surprised us and hatched a couple days early! So far, there are three chicks and two unhatched eggs.
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Five Eggs Makes Five Chicks
Jun 10, 2009 -
We can now confirm that all of the eggs have hatched!
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Feeding
Jun 12, 2009 -
The chicks are being brought a meal by the adult male. In bluebirds, both adults aid in the feeding of the chicks.
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Growing Well
Jun 15, 2009 -
The young bluebird chicks are doing well. Though, the image can be a little hard to see at times.
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Not Much Longer
Jun 17, 2009 -
The five chicks are still doing very well. They are growing fast. They should fledge around June 22nd.
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Fledge Day
Jun 22, 2009 -
The chicks fledged very early this morning. They all left the box within a short span of each other.
Time-lapse Videos
Check out our new collection of time-lapse videos of previous days nesting behavior!
Coming soon -- direct links to time-lapse videos for this nesting attempt!