Tuesday, May 16, 2017

Bluebirds! Season 7. Episode 4. Holding pattern.

Eastern Bluebird, Charles River Peninsula, Needham, MA
Boxes full of eggs (including one stubborn house sparrow nest) but no chicks, yet. Maybe the bluebirds chicks have hatched. I don't know.
Tree Swallow, Charles River Peninsula, Needham, MA
For half the boxes I'm back to being an observer. I'm enjoying watching the couple at box 19. The female is a first-year (lovely brown).

Tree Swallows, Charles River Peninsula, Needham, MA
They are full of energy,
Tree Swallows, Charles River Peninsula, Needham, MA
but something seems a bit off.
Bobolink, Charles River Peninsula, Needham, MA
This has been a good year so far for grassland birds. Meadowlark and kestrel visited. And bobolink (one female and seven males seen) and savannah sparrows are spending a lot of time in the grass. Fingers crossed!