Eastern Bluebird Report: March 16, 2026

By Mary Miller, Bluebird Trail Box Coordinator

Below are the 8 BB Trail Reports:

Carrollwood Village Park: 2 BB nests, 8 BB eggs

Flatwoods Park: 20 nests (15 BB, 5 CC) & 5 eggs (1 BB, 4 CC)

Hunter's Green: 3 BB nests, 1 Bat

Lake Park: 7 nests (3 BB, 2 TM, 2 CC)

Lettuce Lake Park: 1 Carolina Wren nest

Lithia Springs Park: 1 BB nest with 1 egg

MacDill AFB: 6 BB nests, with 5 eggs & 4 chicks.

Sargeant's Park: 1 BB nest

It was a cool, windy day on the Flatwoods BB Trail and the birds have been very busy. We have our first BB & CC eggs of the season! We have a total of 20 nests (15 BB, 5 CC) and 5 eggs (1 BB, 4 CC) one box with an Evening Bat. See attached spreadsheet for details. Our other parks, like Carrollwood Village has BB eggs, and MacDill AFB also has BB chicks. We're getting off to a great start this year!

In addition to all the Eastern Bluebirds and Carolina Chickadees we saw today, were many others, including 2 immature Bald Eagles flying overhead. We know that some Eagles nest in nearby areas that are close to Flatwoods Park and these immature Eagles that we've been seeing might be from some of those nests! We might even have some nesting in Flatwoods! We also saw some of the same water birds as last week, hanging out in the puddles of water, like Killdeer, a Solitary Sandpiper, Wood Storks, a Roseate Spoonbill, Great Egrets, a Great Blue Heron. 

Other birds seen and heard were Mottled Ducks, Northern Bobwhite Quail, Wild Turkeys, Mourning and Common Ground Doves, a Tricolored Heron,  Black and Turkey Vultures, Red-shouldered Hawks, Red-bellied Woodpeckers, White-eyed & Yellow-throated Vireos, an American Crow, a Tufted Titmouse,  a Carolina Wren, a Northern Mockingbird, Eastern Towhees, a Common Yellowthroat, Northern Parulas and Northern Cardinals.

On the trail we saw Wild Turkeys and White-tailed Deer, and there were 2 American Alligators in the puddles of water also.

While looking for plants in bloom, we saw a lot of small spider webs made by Blacktailed Red Sheetweavers and I've included those pictures. The Thistles (Circium horridulum) and the Coral Honeysuckle (Lonicera sempervirens) are beginning to bloom.