Don't Count Your Bluebirds Before They Hatch

Do you ever get so excited about something and then it doesn't happen?
I did...remember this post?

So...I waited a few days...and then a few weeks.
It didn't look very promising so I started this post a few weeks ago...

 Well, it seems I have jumped the gun.

Yes, the wind has been taken out of my sails...

...my bubble has been burst by my own premature predictions, it seems.
 

 

The house is empty.

 Not a bluebird in sight for several days.

 

After noticing that there hadn't been even a speck of blue on it or around it,

we realized that something must have driven them away.

I have been doing a little googling about bluebird nesting habits

and how to monitor the nesting boxes once a bluebird chooses it.

So it seemed a little chickadee was the culprit.
My dear hubby happened to notice one building a nest right there in the bluebird box...
...the nerve of that little guy...or girl!
Well let me tell you I marched right out there and nipped it in the bud!

So I'm still waiting...and waiting...to see blue.

So that was then and this is now...

I had pretty much given up on the bluebirds to return,
especially after strong winds ripped the bluebird box right off the tree, leaving it broken :(

But guess what...they're baaaaack!



We first saw the male off and on and then one day I blinked and there she was!
 

 

Evidently, the smell of Gorilla Glue doesn't bother them :)

...if it has an odor (can birdies even smell??)

So, although I will try not to get too excited,
it looks like there still might be a chance of us having a bluebird family...

 

...maybe. 

 

Until I know for sure, I'll try to contain my excitement...

and I will only count the bluebird eggs WHEN and IF they hatch.

You know I'll keep you posted :)