[dropcap]O[/dropcap]n schedule, “our” Eastern Bluebird eggs hatched on Sunday, March 12. Bluebirds hatch about as ugly as it gets. Almost naked and blind, in just over two weeks they’ll be fully-feathered, jumping up and down, ready to fly out into the world near the end of March.

Just last week I read of a chick hatched by the world’s oldest known bird. Guess how old? … Wisdom, a Laysan Albatross is thought to be at least 66 years old. She nests at a wildlife refug...