Over the last week, I've seen more activity around the nest box. The little blues have been enjoying the live mealworms a lot. On one occasion, I saw the male eating out of the dish and then fly away. A few moments later the female bluebird arrived at the nest with a beak full of nesting material with the male arriving right behind her. It was clear the male was trying to feed the female but since she had a beak full of grasses, he just wound up stabbing her in the head mostly, but hey A for effort, right? But this just made her cringe away from him. She wound up dropping her nest material and ate some worms from the dish below. They just kind slurp up the worms like spaghetti noodles. Its kinda fun to watch.
On another occasion, I saw this bird. A female cowbird was attempting to get into the box. I wasn't sure she could fit through the opening and she made every effort to get in. She was on top, behind, fluttering at the box opening and even going under the bottom of the box looking up for a way in. I know that right now there's no nest inside since the bluebirds have just started but the cowbird doesn't know that. She never did make it into the box but she's one I'll keep an eye out for since cowbirds lay their eggs in other bird's nests.
I also saw a chickadee trying to get into the box. He's small enough that he could've gotten in but the bluebird pair were either watching from the trees or just happened to be checking on their nest box but either way, they ran him off quick.
The sun broke through some clouds and I got some good pictures of the birds feeding on the meal worms.
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