PHOTO: An eastern bluebird visits a backyard in New England last winter. Chris Bosak Photo It’s been another great winter for bluebirds. I haven’t been lucky enough to attract them to my new house yet,…
PHOTO: A male eastern bluebird feeds his mate mealworms in a backyard in Danbury, Connecticut, April 2020. Merganser Lake. Photo by Chris Bosak Is there anything more romantic than shoving a few dried mealworms into…
Water is a vital part of bird habitat. This is true for backyard bird habitats as well. I will admit, however, that I sometimes get lackadaisical about keeping my birdbath filled with fresh water. My…
Sorry, but I have to go back to writing about bluebirds. After several weeks of writing about bluebirds that other people had in their yards, I finally got some of my own. I would imagine…
The reports keep coming in so I’m going to ride the eastern bluebird train for one more week. In what is shaping up to be the unofficial Winter of the Bluebird, many sightings continue to…
I thought it was going to be the Winter of the Junco again, but it’s looking more and more like the Winter of the Bluebird. Last year was the Winter of the Barred Owl. As…