Today we found out our mystery birds. After reading about what will nest in a bluebird box we realized that our birds were probably North Carolina Chickadees. "Carolina Chickadees have a soft nest with thick base of moss to which is added animal fur, plant down, hair and soft fibers. Their eggs are white, spotted with reddish-brown markings."-Bluebird Handbook for Howard County, Maryland. This sounded like our crew! Our 6 little chicks look like they are ready to fly. We were actually nervous they would fall right out of the box. We took these quick pictures.
RY
6/3/2010 07:07:53 am
:) The chicks grow so fast!! We were so excited to see the chicks, especially after what happened to the first bluebird nest.
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aileen
6/3/2010 07:12:33 am
Fine fine... it's NOT a house wren (although you couldn't really tell). How DO birds grow so fast???????????????????
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The Citizen ScientistsWe are a group of 5th grade students that are studying birds. It will begin with the Great Backyard Bird Count and end with monitoring the school's bluebird boxes. All of our data will go to the Cornell Ornithology Lab. http://www.birds.cornell.edu/ Archives
June 2010
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