Date: 6/10/25 6:51 pm From: Daniel Getman <000002b3a133f539-dmarc-request...> Subject: Great Crested Flycatcher eggs
We’ve been gone for a while, but today we checked our nestboxes.
Besides boxes with Bluebirds, Tree Swallows and House Wrens, the highlight was the 6 eggs in the Great Crested Flycatcher nest box. Cornell reports that flycatchers usually lay 4-8 eggs, with incubation for 13-15 days and then fledging after another 13-15 days.
This nest boxes is actually a larger kestrel/screech owl box, but this is the 3rd year they’ve nested there and it’s conveniently visible from our back patio.
A couple photos can be viewed at:
flickr.com/photos/dgetman/sets
Dan Getman, Kirksville, northeast MO
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