Spotting Young Bluebirds

There are still young bluebirds around. The parents may feed them or they may get around on their own. The feathers are sort of messed up in the nest on the chest and belly. Once out for a few days, they often have this scaly look:

The breast may be stripy or scaly looking and the bill is a thrush bill, pointy.

Indigo buntings have a strong blunt bill. The young have a more uneven mix of blue and brown. An adult in the tree and the more dark looking one on a wire. The female is brown.

Reporting Bluebirds in Nebraska

The report has been simplified, and swallows are no longer reported. You need to count eggs and then number of birds fledged.

LINKS
On line Bluebird Report

Bluebirds Across Nebraska

23 fledged, four left in a nest on August 6th

UPDATE: 27 Fledged (all season), no birds left in nests (8.11.)
Bluebirds

This will be the last post this season, other than I may give a link to submit counts if you have boxes yourself. Or google Bluebirds across Nebraska.

The three that were in Box 8 on the south side have left:

On the North side four birds reamain in the last box (17) on August 6. I will add a note below when they have left. I've put little white numbers on the birds. One is in the middle covered by the other three.

One parent was found nearby on the golf course side:

8.11 UPDATE: All 4 left that nest

WRENS

On the South side (where I have no need to check till September clean up) some wrens still nest. This box has at least four, probably more.

20 Bluebirds fledged, 7 in two last boxes

Bluebirds

The North bluebirds are getting along fine, eyes have opened, though just a slit here:

On the South side, two were in Box 4 still, their siblings left three days ago. I told them it would be a good idea to go and find your own food now:

I came back 20-30 min later and they had left! These two were in a nearby tree, probably the same two:

They had not seen much of the world so far. But they do know what food looks like if they happen to see it.

In Box 8, the three in the box had put on quite a lot of feathers in two days. They will leave in a week or so.

I took a bit of video as well. 

The parents are both here, they were a bit angry, attacking me with the help of an Eastern Kingbird: