July 2, 2017

We have stopped looking in on the three hatchlings in Nestbox Delta, as they appear almost ready to fledge. Parents have been very aggressive in recent days when we looked into the box. which we take as a sign the young birds are near to fledging. Our last picture showed their features had become blue.

The first of four eggs in Nestbox Charlie has hatched, and a picture of the hatchling was submitted as an iNaturalist Observation.

We found two hatchling House Sparrows in the Nestbox Alpha (we thought we had disturbed the eggs enough that they wouldn't hatch). We removed the hatchlings, and they fell to the ground and disappeared into the underbrush to an unknown fate.

We used a special covering to provide a deep soaking to the roots of the Bur Oak and Palo Verde trees we had planted in the pasture in 2015. The Palo Verde is making a valiant recovery.

Posted on July 2, 2017 09:24 PM by dracowildlife