Here's the first part of the story:
https://angjellockheart.blogspot.com/2019/03/springtime-for-bluebirds-and-happiness.html
In my previous blog I was telling the story about how a pair of mated bluebirds had built a bird nest in my birdhouse. Well, they ended up laying six eggs.
It's funny. Even their eggs are blue. But I digress. Not too long afterwards the eggs began to hatch.
Like I said, there were six eggs, but only five of the eggs hatched. The last photo was taken on March 31st, 2019. A few days later I started taking daily photos of birds.
April 4th.
April 5th. One of them has opened his eyes.
April 6th. A lot more of their feathers came in, in just 24 hours.
April 7th.
April 8th. They are really starting to be fully covered.
April 9th. Out of nowhere they now have blue feathers.
April 10th. Everyone's eyes are open and feathers are coming in nicely.
April 11th.
April 12th. They are starting to look like adults. Or at least, juveniles. And this guy has decided to move off the main nest into the corner. I figure it won't be long before they leave the nest.
April 13th. Everyone is awake and looking good.
April 14th. Oh my! They have left the nest! Except for Bob. Bob doesn't want to move out. I don't blame him.
April 15th. And they have all left the nest. (Tears.)
Wow. That's the circle of life. Actually it's the circle of life in just 16 days. Can you believe they left the nest in just 16 days? But like a circle, life never ends. Bluebirds can have up to three clutches of eggs in the spring. So they might be back to lay more eggs. Not to mention I have four other birdhouses set up around the property. They might move into one of those. And if they do, I'll be there. Oh, and so will my blog.
And speaking of blog posts, this is my 700th blog post. I started writing back in April of 2008. Here it is 11 years later and I am still writing. If there's something happening and worth writing about, I'll be here typing it all out.
I look at life a bit differently, and like to post my weird thoughts. I like musicial instrument repair and woodworking. For trying to live a somewhat normal life, a lot of weird things happen to me. Instead of putting up with it, I post about it in this blog.
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Monday, April 15, 2019
Friday, February 27, 2015
The Loach: Nature's Spaz
As I posted previously, I have had a snail problem in my fish tank. Read this to catch up:
http://angjellockheart.blogspot.com/2015/01/std-snail-transmitted-disease.html
I tried to buy snail-b-gone from the pet store, but they don't sell it anymore. The only way to naturally get rid of snails is to buy something that eats snails. Namely, the loach.
So, I ended up buying two types of loaches, the very popular clown loach and the yoyo loach. I bought them young so I will have them for a long time (hopefully.) Here are the pictures.
The one thing I've noticed about having loaches, is that, they are total spazzes. Maybe they are just young and energetic? I could tell you more about it, but let me SHOW you through the power of moving pictures!
So they are a fun fish to have in the tank. I think I already see a reduction in the number of snails crawling around the tank. Since the loaches are high energy I have made sure to put shrimp pellets in the tank for them to eat. Between regular fish food, shrimp pellets, and a multitude of snails, I think the loaches will start growing pretty fast. Maybe I will post another video of them in a year or so when they have some size on them?
http://angjellockheart.blogspot.com/2015/01/std-snail-transmitted-disease.html
I tried to buy snail-b-gone from the pet store, but they don't sell it anymore. The only way to naturally get rid of snails is to buy something that eats snails. Namely, the loach.
So, I ended up buying two types of loaches, the very popular clown loach and the yoyo loach. I bought them young so I will have them for a long time (hopefully.) Here are the pictures.
The one thing I've noticed about having loaches, is that, they are total spazzes. Maybe they are just young and energetic? I could tell you more about it, but let me SHOW you through the power of moving pictures!
So they are a fun fish to have in the tank. I think I already see a reduction in the number of snails crawling around the tank. Since the loaches are high energy I have made sure to put shrimp pellets in the tank for them to eat. Between regular fish food, shrimp pellets, and a multitude of snails, I think the loaches will start growing pretty fast. Maybe I will post another video of them in a year or so when they have some size on them?
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