We put up our new bluebird box this spring. Within days, a pair of bluebirds was hanging around, and we hoped that they'd found it to their liking. Eventually, we saw them making regular trips in and out, so we looked forward to seeing the new family. About two weeks ago, we could hear the babies when either parent came to the box. This morning, things seemed a bit more urgent. The parents were constantly going back and forth, the babies were really loud, and we finally saw the babies at the hole for the first time. We set up on the deck with the camera and binoculars right after lunch. Then we saw two babies on the ground below the nest box. We'd been keeping an eye out all morning, but somehow we missed their first flights. For the next two hours, we watched. The parents were still coming back and forth, alternating between feeding the babies on the ground, and taking food to the box. We caught glimpses of two more babies inside. Finally one stuck its head out, then grabbed the edge of the hole with its foot, and then...fell back inside. Again it came to the opening, looked around, and ducked back inside. Finally, it popped up and just sat there, for about five minutes. One quick flap, and it was sitting on the ground with the others!
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