Mariton: Seven Days
by Tim Burris, Preserve Manager.
![A Bluebird just hatched from the egg and exhausted by the process.](https://natlands.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/NEST-BOX-050522-8.jpg)
Photo by Tim Burris.
Seven days. Things can change a lot in seven days. Take a look at these bluebird chicks. One week ago (above), when I monitored the nest box one little bird had just broken out of its egg and was exhausted. Now all the chicks have hatched and have a downy covering. One week from now, they will be fully feathered and almost ready to leave the nest box.
![Week old Bluebird chicks with a downy covering.](https://natlands.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Nestbox-051122-8.jpg)
Photo by Tim Burris.