Blueboy 365

Day by Day of Blueboy 2010

Latest update: 02/26/2010

After 8 years of closely following Blueboy and his families, we've decided to track every day this calendar year.  We know his days are likely numbered due to his age.  Hopefully we can fully record 2010.

Every picture was taken on the day shown (did not cheat).

Below is the very first picture of Blueboy from the spring of 2002.  That makes him, at a minimum, 9 years old. 

January 01

<no sighting> 

January 02

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January 03

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January 04

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January 05

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January 06

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January 07

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January 08

 <no sighting> 

January 09

 <no sighting> 

January 10

 <no sighting> 

January 11

 <no sighting> 

January 12

 <no sighting> 

January 13

 <no sighting> 

January 14

 <no sighting> 

January 15

After a December snow and hard freeze where Blueboy was unusually absent, we had already discounted his survival odds to around under 50-50. So it was with great excitement and surprise that he showed up on this relatively warm day.  He hung around in the front yard in the Maple tree with his wife casually eating mealworms off and on all day.    A Wren showed up to help welcome him home.

The pair also tried some back-porch feedings with the wife sitting in the Ash tree waiting for a handout.

No worries. Business as usual after a few months away.

 

 

 

 

 

January 16

 <no sighting> 

January 17

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January 18

  Blueboy watched me build the greenhouse for a few hours. Ate a lot of worms with his wife in the back yard. He left in the early afternoon

January 19

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January 20

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January 21

 Marla saw him for a few minutes in the afternoon. No feeding and no other sighting by anyone.

January 22

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January 23

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January 24

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January 25

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January 26

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January 27

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January 28

 <no sighting> 

January 29

As we expected back in December during the snowstorm, Blueboy showed up in the late afternoon after this heavy snow and ice. He ate worms with his wife and a Junco using the Ash tree and the fence as a launching area. The pair sat on the playhouse to keep dry. 

 

 

 

 

January 30

He stayed all day with his wife and the pair ate a lot. He hung out in backyard with his wife, the House Finches, the Junco's, and a late Cardinal. They were definitely on the lookout for hawks.

 

 

 

 

 

January 31

 Another ice day.  He was there early in the morning.   He shared the porch with the House Finches.