Bluebirds WLBBook

What do you remember from the first time you saw a bluebird? They are really Blue and often hungry. They may even be kind of friendly to humans.

some might say that the blueist piece of the sky fell to earth and became a charismatic member of the woodland community.

It is common to have bluebirds nesting near human habitation. Houses help create edge to increase food sources for feeding the young during nesting season.

One year when we lived in a rural area with 3 acres of Ponderosa Pine woodlands, one of our nest boxes was used by a pair of Mountain Bluebirds which were uncommon in our area. Part way through the fledging of the young, the male disappeared and the female seemed to be having difficulties feeding the 4 otherwise healthy young.

I went to the nest box daily and offered worms, small bugs and other tidbits to the young who eagerly availed them selves of my offerings. All went well and in a short time the young flew from the nest and thus a successful nesting season was accomplished.