We've had a blue jay pair in our rhododendron. I've been watching since it's also about 6 feet from our front door, up against our house. I got mama a birdbath and food, which she never used. So her eggs hatched and I watched daddy feed her, and then her feed her babies. This was so precious. But now they're all gone. Could they be renesting? I've had my field cam on them but it's not revealing if daddy or mommy transported the babies. I havent seen any critters either. I was really hoping I would get to see the babies grow. I feel bad bc I am not sure if her babies made it. 😔

If a baby animal or bird is defective the adult will abandon/reject it. It is not uncommon. I don't know if it has anything to do with the color of the eggs though.

Harvey I agree about the light. I used to grow mine with all my other Vandas untill I noticed it getting a bit pale. Now that I give it very bright but diffused light (behind white polycarb panels) it’s much happier.

I have had blue birds' nest in my 2 houses for many years and never had a problem other than one time a snake or something got them. I fixed that problem. However, this year our first brood of 5 were within days of fledging and they all died. The only thing different this year is when they were feeding, I had my house washed and the guy used a fairly strong clorox based cleaner unlike my previous hose washer who used a enviro-friendly house wash. The blue birds and other birds were grabbing up the worms being flushed up from all the water and feeding the babies in a frenzy. I only let this guy wash my house because he was a neighbors nephew or some other kin. I didn't know he used a Clorox based cleaner or I would have not let him do it, I would have gotten my usual guy to do it. Clorox isn't good for vinyl siding nor the environment, but not sure about blaming the Clorox for the kill.