Hi Lisa, Could you please let me know if the rest of the eggs laid are also light in color? I'm trying to figure out why all the eggs are the usual, vivid blue, and one is a light blue. Thanks for letting me know that your previous eggs did not change color in cold temps. I am just curious what would cause the difference in color. Thanks

Congrats! I assume that you have done your homework since you have a spooker up. Have you been to www.sialis.org? Maybe Mom had a hard time laying that egg? I would leave it and see what hapens.

Yes, it was the same box. Someone has removed the egg and the blues have left. I have not seen any bird in the box since Tue Morning when I saw the female go in around 8:30 and she stayed in the box. I wanted to check to see if she laid another egg, but she was in the box, both times I went to check. Later in the day I say her on the line and knew she was out and went to check-no new egg and the one laid on Monday was also gone. I doubt that we will see another brood, as late as it is, but we did have two already this summer. I have to laugh, I put up our box and watch it carefully and down the street there is a blue bird that builds her nest in a News paper box. They (the house owner) hang up a sign to tell the paper delivery person that the blue bird is back and so far the bird has had 3 nests and babies have fledged from it all three time-They fledge right out into traffic on a fairly busy gravel road.

Hi Donna and Congrats on both your 1st-nesters staying and your 2nd nest underway! That's a real sweet photo. :) Our 3rd-nesters should fledge this week-end and we do have fledglings from both previous nests helping to feed them in the box. It's a real treat! If anyone would like to see this, we have posted a video of the whole family feeding the nestlings (see link below) Here is a link that might be useful: Family Feeding Nestlings - Video