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If you want to attract bluebirds to your yard, building them the perfect birdhouse or nesting box is the best plan of action.
How to prepare your nesting boxes for bluebirds: Nature News Susan Pike We have a large group of house sparrows that have taken over our front yard, especially the huge quince that provides thorny ...
There’s probably no better or beautiful sign of spring in the bird world than the arrival of the Eastern Bluebird – our New York State Bird! You may not have ever seen a Bluebird, but you ...
Nest boxes help many species of birds, including eastern bluebirds, tree swallows and wood ducks, by providing protection during nesting season. Boxes for swallows and bluebirds are maintained by UWM.
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 ...
There are six nesting boxes, but all are not occupied by eastern bluebirds. ... Life inside a bluebird nest box Life. Jul 8, 2024. KARI SHIVELY Master Gardener. I love the outdoors!
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 collected in 2017. The North ...
Then there's Maybury State Park, with its meadow ringed with trees, and its 85 nesting boxes across the park in Wayne County. The park started adding predator guards to the boxes in 2014 and the ...
Nestbox volunteers were encouraged when on April 9 in one nest box they found five bluebird eggs and the next week, three eggs and two young. On May 3, ...
The surge of bluebirds appearing in March is a welcome, beautiful sign of spring. What to know about New York state's bird. Important bluebird basics: When sightings increase in New York, how to ...