Bluebirds are nesting again in a nest box across the loop road from my cottage
here at Kendal. They nested there earlier this summer.
I saw the male take away a fecal sac 2-3 days ago & my neighbor, Nelly Farnham,
& I see the parents bringing insects to the box. I saw the female with a big
bug
A pair of cardinals currently is feeding young in a large spirea bush
just outside our kitchen window. Nest construction began 8/5, completed
8/6, incubation underway by 8/10. At least one nestling had hatched by
last Tuesday (8/23) when at different times each parent was observed
feeding
Twice this afternoon a female Northern Cardinal flew toward my birdfeeder
carrying a substantial white object in her bill. Both times the cargo was a
fecal sac, which she dropped where I could see it clearly when she perched a
couple feet away from the feeder before she perched on the feeder
