The eggs hatched a day apart. Three the first day, and the next two the day after that. They looked terrific, and had no trouble at all flying. But boy was I surprised when those two flew out. I'm still giving them mealworms, and the parents are feeding in nearby trees. They had more than enough to eat between the weather and my supplemental mealworm feeder, so this is quite strange. I have had one fledge in the evening before with the others all fledging the next day, but this is odd. There were no blowfly larva that I could see when I took out the nest (in case this makes any difference).

Sorry to hear the bad news,I also lost at least 3 in one box,and all 5 in another box,and lost 6 chickadee nestlings, all were due to fledge. about 1-1/2 weeks ago,we also had cooler temps.and lots of rain that week.I am thinking it was in fact the weather also.You did everything right,all we can do is try.You have cleaned the box,they should renest within a week or so.If you don't have other boxes available,now might be a good time to add one.I like to have more then one box to choose from,and it doubles your fun and stress LOL! Good luck Matt

Today = 18 days since 1st 3 baby bluebirds hatched in my frontyard birdhouse and 17 days since the other 2 baby bluebirds hatched. We had a rainstorm late yesterday, so I thought the babies would not come out until this morning. Fortunately, it was a "normal" rainstorm without all the high winds we've had in the last couple of months. I got up very early this morning and I think there is only 1 left in the box. I hear his lonely little sad chirping and have seen the dad bluebird 5 times since 7:00 a.m. come to this one. They could have come more times, but this is all I have seen. The next to last time the dad bluebird just popped his head in the box and did not feed the baby, or I didn't see anything in his mouth to feed as he went in, but the baby quieted down for a while. The last time, he did feed the baby and checked in on him 3 times, and "bonked" his reflection in my window 3 times. He doesn't see me as the room is dark and he sees only the reflection of what is outside. I saw 1 in the backyard kid's playhouse and this one was soaking wet. It could have been that he just got wet from the heavy dew we have here today. The babies seem to love the little shed and kid's playhouse we have because they are also made of the cedar that their house is made of. My husband said that they probably think they are in a giant birdhouse - lol. I hear at least 1 in the tall trees in the woods in back of our house making the same little sounds asking to be fed. I so much wanted to see them fledge this time, but I guess I missed it again. The only thing I can hope is that I can sit where I am in the bedroom window where I have a direct view of the birdhouse opening and hope that this last one fledges today or tomorrow. I'm really not sure he'll be ready to leave until tomorrow, so I've got a long wait in store, especially since I have to be getting ready for my son's wedding.

I'm wondering if I have a new pair now, since they seem to be "shopping" for a home. The male that has been perched on the box almost all day now, seems a brighter blue than the last one, but I can't be sure. Once today, I saw the male and female both come out of the box, but there isn't any nest building going on. I've never seen 5 blue birds together in my yard before, so that's why I thought maybe they were the babies returning. If the same couple returned, wouldn't they already be familiar with the box and started nesting by now?