What is the best bluebird house location? The bird experts answer the question to help birders attract nesting bluebirds.
Bluebirds are among the most recognizable backyard bird species throughout the United States. These delightful songbirds are sweet and gentle in nature, and their famous blue plumage is a welcome ...
March is bluebird month! The start of meteorological spring is the beginning of the nesting season for some of our songbirds. One of the earliest nesters is the eastern bluebird. Several customers ...
A pair of nesting eastern bluebirds has raised three broods in our bluebird box since March, and the female just laid another clutch of eggs that will hatch by mid-July. Beginning in February, the ...
It’s a colorful sign of spring when mountain bluebirds return to Big Sky Country. This tiny member of the thrush family has two relatives named for where they live, the western and eastern bluebird.
Bluebirds have been among America’s favorite birds since the beginning. Their gorgeous blue feathers and mild manners make them easy to like. Plus, they readily nest in boxes so you can bring them ...
Every so often we get a listener question at Something Wild. Glenn Coppelman from Kingston, New Hampshire, wanted to know about the bluebirds in his backyard. “During the warmer months, pairs of ...
As I write this column I am feeling quite under the weather. The flu has come to town and it has me in its grip. I haven’t left the house in days and all I want to do is sleep. That being said, I am ...
My friends Jim and Virginia Sowell, who live in the Oak Grove section of Atlanta, wrote to say that they put up a new bluebird nest box last week after a flying squirrel had chewed up the old one.
Eastern Bluebirds are not really blue — it's the way light waves interact with their feathers. But they are a part of Michigan's natural heritage and now that it's nesting season, they can be spotted ...