Wow.
Like I said upthread, not many bluebirds do I see as we’ve got too many trees.
I chanced to be outside exercising last week when a bluebird family flew in. You know I think I got pics of them too.
Was a Mom and a Dad and at least one baby.
There I am doing my circuits, me and the dog, and a bluebird lands in my yard, pretty as a picture and not much more than 5 feet from me. I sit down quietly and hold my breath as come on...a bluebird!
Not only do I rarely see one but here but a couple of feet from me!
He’s all busy digging worms and stuff, flying up to a tree. I hear the cries of baby birds and think what a hoot. Maybe I don’t get to see them nesting and stuff but they’re around.
And here they come, a whole family of them.
Soon the mom comes down and she’s digging up bugs and after a young one busy following a parent around, beak open, begging for bugs.
I sit quietly, hold back dog that she not scare, and ponder that God somehow sends His beautiful creatures to me just so’s I can see them.
Probably not but golly, I’ll always remember that fifteen minutes of watching the bluebird family enjoy the bugs my gardens offered.
Moles like ‘em too!
There are bluebird houses you can buy that have a side door. There is a piece of clear plastic to keep the nest from falling out when you open this door .... you can see what is going on & check out the babies. Evidently, bluebirds will tolerate this if it’s not too frequent. My dad will be 90 in a few months ... he LOVES the bluebirds & watching them from the kitchen window. I think for his next birthday, we’ll be buying him a bluebird box with a ‘window’ to replace the one on the fence closest to the house. I’ll enjoy it too because sometimes we see the male/female hanging around the box & we’re not quite sure what is going on inside.
Last year, we happened to be watching at the very moment when the young bluebirds fledged. They were sitting on the fence (lowest board) & following their parents around for a couple of days, hanging out in the cedar trees nearby when they could fly a little better. They were SO much fun to watch. This year, we also had baby skunks in the back field ... a couple of years before, a red fox raised a litter in an old groundhog hole at the back of the barn. There is nothing like good old Mother Nature to take your mind off the ills of the world. :-)