Nest Update: 4 Eggs

After doing a little more research on finches, I discovered that it may take several days for Mom to lay all her eggs. Since the March clutch had 4 eggs but there were only 2 eggs in the nest when I checked a few days ago, I took another look today. Sure enough, now there are 4!

Stay tuned to watch the May clutch hatch, feed, grow and fledge.

More Eggs!

After the first brood of finch chicks fledged, the mother started adding new material to the nest and cleaning it up but was only around a few times a day. Last night, the mother spent the night on the nest for the first time in weeks. I took advantage of a time this evening when she was away from the nest to take a look, and found there is a new clutch of eggs. Just two this time, but that's not unusual. According to a Wild Bird Watching article on Finches, they typically lay between 2 and 6 eggs at a time. So, for the next few weeks, most of the activity will be the parents coming and going and the mother spending a lot of time sitting the nest but it won't be long before there will be new chicks to watch. Enjoy!

Inside the Finch Nest

Once the comings and goings of the parents caught our attention, the obvious next step was to find out what they had in the nest. At this point, there appeared to be two hatchlings and one or more eggs.