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Newly hatched Eastern Bluebirds<\/h3>\n

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When I checked Box 2 by Dragonfly Pond today, I found two tiny baby bluebirds nestled together with three unhatched eggs . \u00a0I’ve never seen baby birds this young before, all pink and blue with little wispy beginnings of feathers on their heads. \u00a0If you zoom in you can see the the little feathers and a tiny foot. \u00a0So sweet!<\/p>\n

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Baby Eastern Bluebirds<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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White Bluebird Eggs?<\/h3>\n

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In Box 7 I was surprised to find 4 white eggs. \u00a0I had seen Eastern Bluebirds at the nest box earlier in the week but these were not blue eggs. \u00a0They weren’t speckle like chickadee eggs, either. \u00a0Puzzled I went back to my bluebird book and the internet. \u00a0I learned that 4-5% of bluebird eggs are white. \u00a0The lack of pigmentation is \u00a0thought to be genetic, and the babies are normal and healthy.<\/p>\n

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White Eastern Bluebird eggs.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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I see lots of bluebirds at Little Piney this summer and hear their songs all around me. \u00a0 \u00a0Next spring I will add two more nest boxes in hopes of having even more. \u00a0There can never be too many bluebirds at Little Piney with their brilliant blue flashes of color and sweet songs.<\/p>\n

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Eastern Bluebird<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Eastern Bluebird Juvenile<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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White eggs of a different kind<\/h3>\n

I saw some other eggs today by the lake today. \u00a0Leathery white strips \u00a0curled around themselves and left near a hole in the sandy ground. \u00a0No little ones in sight, but I’m sure we have baby turtles at Little Piney, too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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