The bluebird boxes I take care of are at Pioneers Park in Lincoln NE. The prairie at the top of the map has been poor for bluebirds. It has too much human traffic. I have moved a few boxes to a tree line along the golf course border and the box marked X has the four eggs hatching today.
The map with X for location and the Box 17 picture.
I believe this is the third attempt at nesting for this pair. Box 16 had two eggs and there was some attempt earlier in May. Box 18 has an active wren nest and the two species seem to get along when the eggs have hatched.
On that map above there is a black line at the bottom, that is the South side
South Side
There are three nests left. The Box 4 young are coming along from a week ago naked pink things.
Box 9 had one left of 5 and it fledged. If checking boxes you find a grass nest with feces you can be sure it was bluebirds if there are no feathers or masses of sticks. This one I had seen the young but sometimes you just get the nest to count as possible success.
Here we then have the final box to check, number 11 that had originally on July 9th these:
and now had four ready to fly if the had to.
It's quite possible they will be out next week. This may be the last photo. I also got a little bit of video, but they were not very active. Just as well, I did not want to flush them out too early.
Wrens also have come along fast. These are next to the Box 9 bluebirds. The nest has more sticks and the young are fully feathered at this size (smaller than bluebird) and have the long wren bill:
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