Eastern Bluebirds (Male and Female) perch on a tree branch. Attracting nesting bluebirds with nest boxes can offer a great way to enjoy nature at home. This week is a good time to clean-out and set-up ...

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 ...

On Friday, Jan. 22, my wife and I walked the grounds at Adkins Arboretum looking specifically for Eastern bluebirds. We found 12 with at least six of them already paired up and checking out the ...

SYRACUSE, N.Y. –Bob Walker said it was an unusual Easter in his household. “The family was pretty well scattered,” he said. With time on his hands, Walker, a well-known local wildlife photographer, ...

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

The first thing I did when I came to the Catskills was put up nesting boxes in the meadow. I hoped to attract bluebirds, those pretty little songsters, and I was thrilled when a pair tenanted a box ...

Bluebirds nest in cavities. So do starlings and house sparrows. These exotic species were introduced from Europe, and as their populations grew, they took over the nest sites favored by bluebirds. At ...