Comments on: Bluebirds lured into feeding near the big cam http://feedmecam.com/blog/posts/60 feeding critters online Thu, 28 Aug 2008 13:34:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Kip Draper http://feedmecam.com/blog/posts/60#comment-119 Kip Draper Fri, 02 May 2008 15:08:39 +0000 http://feedmecam.com/blog/posts/60#comment-119 Here's a YouTube video of the male feeding on mealworms. Sorry about the sound quality; it's been very windy here the last few days: <object width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/sx14fEcfpnw&hl=en"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/sx14fEcfpnw&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></object> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sx14fEcfpnw" rel="nofollow">Link to YouTube video</a> Here’s a YouTube video of the male feeding on mealworms. Sorry about the sound quality; it’s been very windy here the last few days:

Link to YouTube video

]]> By: Kip Draper http://feedmecam.com/blog/posts/60#comment-104 Kip Draper Sun, 27 Apr 2008 11:48:41 +0000 http://feedmecam.com/blog/posts/60#comment-104 I can't believe those 5 eggs are hopefully going to be 5 baby birds very soon Sarah Grace! Hi Nicole, Sarah’s neighbor and good friend, welcome to the bird blog. :) Gloria mentioned that it's around 14 days after the last egg is laid. That would be around May 6th. Eli, the birds are no larger than your mother's hand. Even though the eggs are smaller than a golf ball, I'm amazed that she was able to carry them all and still fly! You are correct; it is already more work than I had imagined but great fun. I ordered 5000 of these mealworms. <img src="http://feedmecam.com/images/mealworms.jpg" alt="Mealworms" /> Do you think that will be enough? I can’t believe those 5 eggs are hopefully going to be 5 baby birds very soon Sarah Grace!

Hi Nicole, Sarah’s neighbor and good friend, welcome to the bird blog. :) Gloria mentioned that it’s around 14 days after the last egg is laid. That would be around May 6th.

Eli, the birds are no larger than your mother’s hand. Even though the eggs are smaller than a golf ball, I’m amazed that she was able to carry them all and still fly!

You are correct; it is already more work than I had imagined but great fun. I ordered 5000 of these mealworms.
Mealworms
Do you think that will be enough?

]]> By: Sarah Grace, Nicole, Eli http://feedmecam.com/blog/posts/60#comment-103 Sarah Grace, Nicole, Eli Sat, 26 Apr 2008 23:08:23 +0000 http://feedmecam.com/blog/posts/60#comment-103 Uncle Kip, I can't believe that there is five eggs in the nest. Love, Sarah Grace (age 5) OMG, I can't believe there are five eggs. When are they going to hatch? Nicole, age 8 (Sarah's neighbor and good friend) Whoa! Five eggs. That must be one big couple. Hope you have lots of worms there because that will be a lot of work to take care of all those birds. Love, Eli (age 8) See you tomorrow! Kay Uncle Kip,
I can’t believe that there is five eggs in the nest.
Love, Sarah Grace (age 5)

OMG, I can’t believe there are five eggs. When are they going to hatch?
Nicole, age 8 (Sarah’s neighbor and good friend)

Whoa! Five eggs. That must be one big couple. Hope you have lots of worms there because that will be a lot of work to take care of all those birds.
Love, Eli (age 8)

See you tomorrow! Kay

]]> By: Gloria http://feedmecam.com/blog/posts/60#comment-84 Gloria Wed, 23 Apr 2008 18:01:44 +0000 http://feedmecam.com/blog/posts/60#comment-84 Hi Kip, Love watching the beautiful bluebirds. I have emailed your website to my daughters, one is a teacher and has a computer in her class, so the young ones can watch the live action as the birds raise their young. What a great science lesson. Thanks for making this possible. My birdman husband says the bluebirds will probably begin to hatch approximately 14 days after the female begins to incubate them. He has had racing, homing pigeons since he was a boy. We have the "Aska Peace Doves" and do white dove releases in the Blue Ridge area for weddings, funerals grand openings, etc. Are there any other pigeon fanciers in the Blue Ridge area? Hi Kip,

Love watching the beautiful bluebirds. I have emailed your website to my daughters, one is a teacher and has a computer in her class, so the young ones can watch the live action as the birds raise their young. What a great science lesson. Thanks for making this possible.

My birdman husband says the bluebirds will probably begin to hatch approximately 14 days after the female begins to incubate them. He has had racing, homing pigeons since he was a boy. We have the “Aska Peace Doves” and do white dove releases in the Blue Ridge area for weddings, funerals grand openings, etc. Are there any other pigeon fanciers in the Blue Ridge area?

]]> By: Terri http://feedmecam.com/blog/posts/60#comment-68 Terri Sat, 19 Apr 2008 18:59:41 +0000 http://feedmecam.com/blog/posts/60#comment-68 Now TWO eggs!! This is really awesome! What a great cam....Thanks so much! Terri & Eric Now TWO eggs!! This is really awesome! What a great cam….Thanks so much!
Terri & Eric

]]> By: Kip Draper http://feedmecam.com/blog/posts/60#comment-67 Kip Draper Sat, 19 Apr 2008 14:34:25 +0000 http://feedmecam.com/blog/posts/60#comment-67 Hi Eli! I'm so glad you're watching the birds. Six weeks? That's a lot of work for the parents. I need to order some more worms so they'll have plenty of energy. Thanks for the information and thank you for commenting on my blog! :) Love, Uncle Kip Hi Eli!
I’m so glad you’re watching the birds. Six weeks? That’s a lot of work for the parents. I need to order some more worms so they’ll have plenty of energy. Thanks for the information and thank you for commenting on my blog! :)
Love,
Uncle Kip

]]> By: Eli Hutchinson http://feedmecam.com/blog/posts/60#comment-66 Eli Hutchinson Sat, 19 Apr 2008 12:47:39 +0000 http://feedmecam.com/blog/posts/60#comment-66 Dear Uncle Kip, "In school I have been taking my CRCT test and I read a book about eggs during the test. I think that it will take about six weeks for the eggs to hatch." Love, Eli P.S.- We are all very excited to see the egg! Dear Uncle Kip,
“In school I have been taking my CRCT test and I read a book about eggs during the test. I think that it will take about six weeks for the eggs to hatch.”
Love, Eli
P.S.- We are all very excited to see the egg!

]]> By: Andrea http://feedmecam.com/blog/posts/60#comment-65 Andrea Fri, 18 Apr 2008 16:52:44 +0000 http://feedmecam.com/blog/posts/60#comment-65 How exciting! I was watching her this morning, and she seemed to be spending more time on the nest than usual...I thought she was up to something! I have a pair of bluebirds hanging around my yard, but so far, they have not moved in. I put up a second nest box this year (had a batch of tree swallows in my one box last year), but now the tree swallows seem to think they can manage two boxes. Hopefully they will choose one and leave the other for the bluebirds. :) How exciting! I was watching her this morning, and she seemed to be spending more time on the nest than usual…I thought she was up to something! I have a pair of bluebirds hanging around my yard, but so far, they have not moved in. I put up a second nest box this year (had a batch of tree swallows in my one box last year), but now the tree swallows seem to think they can manage two boxes. Hopefully they will choose one and leave the other for the bluebirds. :)

]]> By: Kip Draper http://feedmecam.com/blog/posts/60#comment-64 Kip Draper Fri, 18 Apr 2008 13:03:52 +0000 http://feedmecam.com/blog/posts/60#comment-64 Hi Kim, Sure I remember hollering with you guys. :) Plus whenever I hear "Loganville" it reminds me of that old '80s local Atlanta commercial: "Where's Loganville?". Thanks Wanda, I was amazed that this pair checked out the house the second day it was up this year. I got it up too late last year and too close to the house & just the chickadees gave it a look-see. And I didn't spoil them with mealworms last year either. Well Ms. Sarah Grace, I am thrilled that my niece commented on my blog. Yes the dad is the big one and the mom is the little one. I'm hoping to see eggs soon. I don't know how long it takes after she's finished her nest. Since this is my first time, I decided to watch, wait and learn from the birds; reading about it might make me more impatient. :) Love, Uncle Kip Fingers are crossed Rachel. I'm always relieved to see her pop back in the nest for a spin, Thanks! <strong>A few things I've learned by watching:</strong> <ol> <li> <em>The nest is a "second home" just for raising offspring</em>: I haven't seen the male in the house since the nest started to take shape. I'm guessing the female starts sleeping there for incubation after the eggs are laid, then back to the main house after hatching?</li> <li> <em>Nest building is more break dancing than basket weaving</em>: once she gets enough straw in there, she spins around in a circle, on her head, on her tail, upside down. She'll tidy things up with her beak, but it's the spinning that achieves that nice circular tube. </li></ol> PS: Sarah Grace, your post was good luck. She laid an egg today! <a href="http://feedmecam.com/blog/posts/83" rel="nofollow">New Bluebird egg!</a> Hi Kim,
Sure I remember hollering with you guys. :) Plus whenever I hear “Loganville” it reminds me of that old ’80s local Atlanta commercial: “Where’s Loganville?”.

Thanks Wanda,
I was amazed that this pair checked out the house the second day it was up this year. I got it up too late last year and too close to the house & just the chickadees gave it a look-see. And I didn’t spoil them with mealworms last year either.

Well Ms. Sarah Grace,
I am thrilled that my niece commented on my blog. Yes the dad is the big one and the mom is the little one. I’m hoping to see eggs soon. I don’t know how long it takes after she’s finished her nest. Since this is my first time, I decided to watch, wait and learn from the birds; reading about it might make me more impatient. :)
Love,
Uncle Kip

Fingers are crossed Rachel. I’m always relieved to see her pop back in the nest for a spin, Thanks!

A few things I’ve learned by watching:

  1. The nest is a “second home” just for raising offspring: I haven’t seen the male in the house since the nest started to take shape. I’m guessing the female starts sleeping there for incubation after the eggs are laid, then back to the main house after hatching?
  2. Nest building is more break dancing than basket weaving: once she gets enough straw in there, she spins around in a circle, on her head, on her tail, upside down. She’ll tidy things up with her beak, but it’s the spinning that achieves that nice circular tube.

PS: Sarah Grace, your post was good luck. She laid an egg today!

New Bluebird egg!

]]> By: Rachel http://feedmecam.com/blog/posts/60#comment-63 Rachel Fri, 18 Apr 2008 12:02:51 +0000 http://feedmecam.com/blog/posts/60#comment-63 Hi Kip, The pictures of the bluebirds at the mealworm feeders are fantastic. I have enjoyed watching the nest being built on the spy cam and look forward to the eggs, hatching and baby bluebirds. Hope everything goes well. Thank you, for a great web site. Rachel from PA Hi Kip,
The pictures of the bluebirds at the mealworm feeders are fantastic. I have enjoyed watching the nest being built on the spy cam and look forward to the eggs, hatching and baby bluebirds. Hope everything goes well.
Thank you, for a great web site.
Rachel from PA

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