Bluebirds Fledging 

I have my first ever bluebird nest, and I think my babies are almost ready to fledge. It has been the most fascinating thing to watch, and my favorite thing about having to be at home. I could see the whole thing. I hope I can catch them fledging before I have to go back to work.

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My favorite bird! So beautiful! Love them. We have two bird houses they use yo raise their chicks!

Exciting time

Thank you for sharing!! We are about 10 days away from our first baby bluebirds fledging. We have a camera on them and hope to catch similar video. The whole process of nest building, egg laying, daddy feeding momma while she's incubating the eggs, and both parents bringing worms and bugs to the babies and carrying away the "fecal sacs" has been amazing to watch.

We're sitting on our back porch watching Mom and Dad bluebird coaxing the babies out. Should be soon. Loved your video.

Omg. My bluebirds I believe are ready to fly to coop. Mom & Dad have been frantically feeding them in & out of the nest all morning. Thank you so much for the video.

Lovely video Janine! Thank you for sharing it with us!👍💖😎JP

Thanks for this video! We just set up a bluebird house around May 19, and the babies just hatched about 10 days ago. We don't have a camera, so we may not see them fledge, and the opening to the house is facing NE, so it's away from our window and we see the back of the house. It has been fun to watch since the male bluebird showed up the day after we put up the house, and then the next building began; finally it was ready and then we saw the first two eggs and then four. The babies are snuggled in the nest right now. We won't check on them again, but will watch for when they fledge and leave.

Amazing footage. How can anyone watch that and not fall in love with bluebirds, and continue to allow house sparrows to nest/breed in their boxes, is beyond me. Thank you!

amazing video!

They are so beautiful to watch, I wish we had those in Sweden. Great vid btw :)

Thank you! We have sure enjoyed them. And the video was a real bonus! I love watching our bluebirds (Ozzie and Harriet) over and over again. Not sure what to name the 4 babies!

Oh how sweet!

Thanks so much for the video, we watched our blue birds build the nest, lay the eggs, feed the two babies and sometime early in the morning they were gone. I so wanted to watch them fledge, but we missed it....

Such a beautiful video. There are 4 babies in my nesting box that just hatched today. I love having these beauties around.

It was such a joy to have the bluebirds here. Alas, they started a second set of babies and they were eaten by snakes. Now only wrens are trying to build. I miss the bluebirds sooooo much.

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Im from Norway and im also setting out boxes to other spicies. Verry good help for the birds in the modern woods with less old trees.

Thank you for your video. We have not been able to see this for two hatchings now because apparently our birds fledge overnight. It was good to see that the chicks aren't hoppers but take full wing. 👍

We have 5 eggs just laid in nest box. This is their 3rd clutch. Raising and feeding mealworms pretty much guarantees lots of bluebirds. And...we LOVE them! Thanks for this great video. Loved it!

Great video!! Your husband was very lucky (or wise) to have had his camera set up just at the right time. Well done. Have had bluebirds in our yard most of the last 15 years at least. Have only seen one baby fledge and that was mostly luck. Hope you have had many more bluebirds since then.

How many days was it from hatching to fledging?? I paid close attention to my box to hear the first peeps and watched for the first fecal sac carried out so I can count days to fledging because I really don't want to miss their first flight. Last year, one chick fell prey to a common grackle within first 30 min out and another flew right into the side of my deck and fell dead right beside it. Last year I happened to get lucky and was outside when they fledged not knowing when exactly they hatched, I have no idea how many days is average. This time I want to be right there to shoo away any cats, dogs, grackles, jays, fox, neighborhood kids or lawn mowers or weed whackerLet me know if you can! Thanks in advance!

I've got a lot to learn about the proper placement of Bluebird boxes. Both boxes I had placed in late February have failed. The squirrels practically destroyed one of them. I did see a pair of Bluebirds but the squirrels must've scared them off. Oh well, I'll have to try again next year. Next time, I'll put up only one house in the middle of the field, 5 feet off the ground on a metal pole with a squirrel baffle. That won't be cheap, about $80 for the pole and baffle.

Thank you. We are talking about a baffle. I would hate for snakes to get the next babies.

what is your thought on meal worms freeze dried or alive?'

i live in centerville ohio and i made a blue bird house and i haven’t seen any blue birds only Jays im so disappointed . i saw a nest and than something got in there and knocked the nest down what do i do i have a lot of trees in my back yard and birds come and go i would love to see a blue bird I never saw one in life

What diameter of hole do I need for blue bird

Very nice video. I would also recommend you add some additional top cross ventilation for this box. Especially if the box receives direct sun and you get temperatures in the mid 90's and above. Painting the box a light color also helps to reduce heat in the box. See my channel for extensive heat tests. Also check out thew forums at bluebirdnutcafe. (google it)