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 ...

Frigid February will soon yield to balmy March, but eastern bluebirds aren’t waiting for a sunny day to begin nest construction inside my bluebird box. One morning with temperatures in the mid-20s, a ...

We’re “Seasonally Savvy,” and that means giving our birds the nutrition they require at various times of the year. With nights becoming longer and temperatures becoming colder, a diet high in fat is ...

In the spring, long before the leaves emerge, eastern bluebirds (like this male) will scour the fields and forest edges for suitable places to raise a family. Credit: PHOTO BY BILL DANIELSON As I ...

You might imagine that a scientific community that can splice genes, clone life and put machines on the Martian surface would know all about the life of our everyday bird species. You would be wrong.

There are three species of bluebirds, all found in North America: the eastern, western and mountain bluebird. I love seeing bluebirds. Near my home in Indiana, I can only see one species, eastern ...

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In 1934 a song called “The Bluebird of Happiness” with lyrics by Edward Heyman hit the airways to popular acclaim. Today, a Chester County woman, Marilyn Michalski of Phoenixville, can lay claim to ...

The eastern bluebird is our official state bird. It became so on May 18, 1970, making New York the last state to acquire an official state bird. Bluebirds are among the first birds to return in the ...

Have you tried putting out live mealworms for your birds yet? With all the new mouths to feed, the adult birds will flock to your feeder for a beak full of live mealworms! This Eastern Bluebird has ...

Munford ninth-graders are stepping out of the classroom and into the great outdoors all in an effort to study the Eastern Bluebird. The project-based learning activity has students using math, biology ...