Great news about the Bluebird, though. We have a few and we get the Scarlet Tanager and Indigo Bunting from time to time. Their colors don't even seem real! :)
Yesterday morning, I was eating breakfast in front of the bay window, taking in the view. A small bird landed in the closest tree and I was really happy to see it was a male bluebird! This was the first time I’ve seen one at the mountain place.
Our flatland place is loaded with bluebirds. We have 8 houses total, 5 my dad made. Since the nest boxes are already being ‘scouted’, I am leaving them this year, but after nesting season, they’ll be moved here.
Waiting on the roofer this morning - going to be a chilly day ‘up there’ doing repairs. I will be trying to finish what seems to be the never ending project of picking up & hauling away tree debris. I’ll clear a section, then mow it. The place really looks nice mowed.
Great news about the Bluebird, though. We have a few and we get the Scarlet Tanager and Indigo Bunting from time to time. Their colors don't even seem real! :)
I have a special place in my heart for bluebirds. When we first moved to this house ten years ago, I didn’t know a lot about birds. Still don’t, but I’m learning.
Anyway, it seems that we were on the edge of where bluebirds stay all year, so I tired to focus on coaxing them with mealworms all winter. It seems to have worked, and now I see bluebirds around all year long.
We have 4 nest boxes set up, and we have had bluebirds nest in all 4 at various times. There’s one that has 4 or 5 eggs in it now, and I hope the eggs will remain viable with the hard freeze we had last night.