[Douglbirds] Snowstorm arrival

[KarenSMetz at cs.com]

In a message dated 5/1/2008 5:26:33 PM Mountain Daylight Time, 
ouzels8 at aol.com writes: 
> 
> A western bluebird nest in a box had 3 eggs last week. Karen -- does that 
> seem a bit early?
> 

Given the long series of cold nights, yes, it seems ambitious, but not 
uncommon.  In milder years, it's been more common to have a clutch of eggs by this 
time.  

I've observed this at my home & recall one spring in very cold weather when 
the male waited outside my back door and every time I put mealworms in the 
feeder, he called loudly and the female flew off the eggs to eat 8 or 9 mealworms 
and returned directly to incubate.  All the eggs hatched.  

karen
   
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