Missed The Kiss
by GolferDDS

Comment by PennyStreet:
Who knows? Great pic.

Male Bluebirds Fighting For The Lady!
by GolferDDS

Comment by vawendy:
Nice capture. Too bad about the noise (although I gave it an 8) Topaz denoise does a great job, by the way.

As to the eggs being thrown out of the house -- both house sparrows and house wrens may pierce the eggs and throw them out. House wrens are native, and should be allowed to nest, but house sparrows are invasive and may be removed.

I actually had a house wren nest a couple of years ago, and that was a blast because the babies were voracious -- so the parents were coming in with bugs every 2 minutes or so. It was great fun to see what types of insects they would bring!

Make sure that you have baffles on the poles. Snakes are a big predator of bluebird houses. So you want to make sure they can't reach it from other bushes, trees, etc, and that they can't climb the pole.

Male Bluebirds Fighting For The Lady!
by GolferDDS

Comment by roz:
what a fantastic moment you have captured .. made all the more interesting by your blurb ..
you seem to have a lot of wildlife going on in your yard .. i sometimes throw out birdseed which attracts the magpies, and parrot type birds .. but i have a small live-in bird chaser so getting a shot would be challenging atm .. we shall see .. :)

The Harvested Landscape
by GolferDDS

Comment by spencelg:
In my top three. Great capture.

Male Bluebirds Fighting For The Lady!
by GolferDDS

Comment by streetpigeon:
Unfortunate amount of noise mars an otherwise compelling image.

Missed The Kiss
by GolferDDS

Comment by spencelg:
In my top three.

On Her Own
by GolferDDS

Comment by Neat:
Looks very European beautiful. I gave you a seven.

Making A Nest
by GolferDDS

Comment by Neat:
Really beautiful, didn’t vote on this challenge, but It would’ve got a top score from me.

Making A Nest
by GolferDDS

Comment by Barroness:
Beautiful, delicate and stunning

Making A Nest
by GolferDDS

Comment by roz:
a bit later ..
FYI ..
"The saying “to boot” comes from an Old English word bot, meaning “advantage” or “remedy.” It’s related to the contemporary English words better and best, so if something’s “to boot,” it’s added or extra. This is part of a complete episode."