Less than a week later the chickadee nest was in tatters, tangled in the rose canes. I held my breath every time I checked the bluebird box, but the bluebirds held their own against the encroacher.

Naturally is a column written by a rotating cast of experts at the NJ Audubon. Within the past two months, I’ve had two ...

Object Details Description This nest box was used in bluebird conservation efforts by Cathy Hindman, a volunteer with the Virginia Bluebird Society and the group’s president at the time the box was ...

To his two daughters, Jim Bearden is a father, and 79-year-old retired event planner from Alabama who loves nature. But to most of the southeastern nature community, he’s ...

Naturalists and volunteers at Erie Bluffs State Park check bird houses each week this time of year to chart nesting activity.

Tuesday, July 1 at 7:30 a.m. (Bluebird Walk #2) … Tuesday, July 15 at 7:30 a.m. (Bluebird Walk #3). NOTES: Join Bruce Buckle and Fred Stiner for an exciting bluebird nest box inspection walk at Rider ...

The bluebird feeds mainly on insects and other invertebrates (such as moths, worms, flies, ants, etc.), but they will search for berries, especially in winter. You will often see them perched on wires ...

Artificial grass has come a long way since your granddad’s Astroturf. Today’s synthetics, made of nylon or polymer, have ...

With bluebird nesting box cleanup and placement time upon us, I thought I’d discuss them and the other cavity nesting birds. The Eastern Bluebird, and the Western and Mountain bluebirds in fact, are ...