Back in April we were determined to clean out our bluebird boxes before the birds started nesting. We drove out to the Chilcotin in the middle of the month but as we crested the Sheep Creek hill the truck started acting up and we had to drive home. It took us a few weeks to get the truck repaired and then life got busy so we didn't get out again till mid May.
So we managed to time it to the balsamroot bloom.
The bear had been busy again knocking down boxes so Leo was kept busy repairing and replacing.
So far it looks like it will be a good bluebird year. Way more bluebird nests than last year and there seem to be lots of eggs, sometimes 7 in a nest.
The walk was lengthened when I realized I had dropped my phone during a toilet stop. It meant we had to climb up a big hill again, Fortunately it was right behind a big burn pile so I was able to find it.
It was a chilly day but it never actually rained on us. Thundershowers all around and we drove home in heavy rain.
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