Total fledged birds 2022: 3

The birds I saw on Monday all seemed alert, but I probably saw only three. I had a final check today and there were three fledged but two remained behind, now dead. We had two days of cold weather.

This box is on the South side. It is one of the Xs here. It has an empty box next to it that swallows showed interest in. But did not nest in. I will need to see if the pair that fledged 3 will feel the need to renest. They will nest in the other X, not the box that had two die.

The hatched area had a prairie burn a week ago. Rather late. It may have produced smoke that affected chicks. I have not checked the swallow nests that are in the burn area. There may be more dead chicks.

The tally for Bluebirds Across Nebraska will be 3 fledged. No nests on the North side by the Nature Center.