Hard to believe that June is already on our doorstep in this busy and very active spring season! May has once again been one of the most wonderful months of the year – this year being especially ...

We have a large group of house sparrows that have taken over our front yard, especially the huge quince that provides thorny protective cover. I don’t particularly begrudge the house sparrows their ...

ST. LOUIS — On March 30, 1927, the eastern bluebird was officially designated the Missouri state bird by an act of the Missouri Legislature because it was "common in Missouri" and "a symbol of ...

A pair of nesting eastern bluebirds has raised three broods in our bluebird box since March, and the female just laid another clutch of eggs that will hatch by mid-July. Beginning in February, the ...

TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) - If you see a bluebird, there’s a chance it was born in a Toledo Metropark. The Toledo Metroparks have had their cavity-nesting bird monitoring program since 1988, where ...

They give us life, nurture us and keep us safe. They feed us, teach us how to survive, and one day, when we’re fully grown, they encourage us to spread our wings and fly. Eastern bluebirds do all of ...

There they were, bluebird houses on top of many of the fence posts that lined the road just west of Bickleton, the self-proclaimed Bluebird Capital of the World. It’s spring, and thousands of ...

The Bulletin is a quarterly publication consisting of major articles based on original studies of birds and short communications that describe observations of particular interest. Each issue also ...

HARRISBURG — The Pennsylvania Game Commission’s Howard Nursery wants to help outdoor enthusiasts spring into the season and connect with wildlife in their backyard. Bluebird nesting boxes built by the ...

My favorite time of the year has arrived. I am now checking weekly to see if there is any activity at our bluebird nesting box. The box is clean and ready for immediate occupancy. Our nest box is in ...

FORT LEWIS, Wash. In the 1980s, volunteers erected hundreds of small cedar nest boxes and revived a Fort Lewis songbird population that had nearly vanished. Now, with Army approval, four conservation ...