The Bluebirds are nesting in the boxes

Male Western Bluebird hangs out on top of the nestbox early in the morning 5/9/11

On Saturday, May 7, 2011, we installed a bird cam at the Christmas Tree Trail to monitor the nestbox that has a nest.  We stopped by the trail again today to remove a wasp nest that had started in one of the other nestboxes, and decided to check our bird cam and download the photos.  After downloading the photos onto our computer, we were thrilled to find photos of our resident bluebirds hopping in and out of the box!  We noticed from the series of photos that shortly after installing the bird cam on Saturday, the bluebirds were back at their box within minutes of our being there, and that in the last few days, they have been back to box several times.  We did notice today that the nest inside the box was much bigger than it was on Saturday, so the bluebirds have been hard at work.  Check out the photos below to see the bluebirds of the Christmas Tree Trail at their nestbox.

Female Western Bluebird gets ready to go into the box shortly after we left....

 

...then the male Western Bluebird checks out the box

The female continues to work on the nest

Somebody is perching on the camera!

Hanging out on top of the box 5/9/11

Continuing to work hard on the nest