EASTERN BLUEBIRD AND A BABY

by Shirl Abrahamson
(Jacksonville,NC)





I have a pair of bluebirds building a nest in my backyard but the odd thing about this is they have a baby bluebird that stays with them as they come and go. I know this is a new nest they are building because I cleaned that birdhouse out last week! Is this unusual??

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Jul 31, 2012
 Fledgling
by: Michael Wachovec

It will be several weeks before the fledge will be on his own. He is still learning bluebird survival skills.

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