A pair of Eastern Bluebirds brightened up my snowy yard on a gray morning. The specially designed bluebird house installed for them has an opening of exactly 1.5 inches in diameter to ensure that larger birds cannot nest there. Although bluebirds often visit, and occasionally start to build a nest, they never stay through the whole season. After territorial skirmishes sparrows win out. Fingers crossed for this spring!
Holden, MA
A delightful visit. Good luck
What a beauty!
They surely made my day!
They are wonderful and you captured them very well!
Thank you!
I hope you are successful. I say evict the house sparrows!
Ever since we started offering mealworms, we’ve always had blues– multiple yearly broods with good fledgling rates. Lowe’s offers a Lucite window feeder for about $12 and I love it. It brings them up close and I can scare away those pesky starlings. 🙂
Oh, thanks for that good info, Eliza!
Beautiful photos! Fingers crossed for you this coming season. Last year I had Carolina Chickadees trying to build a nest in my bluebird box, but the bluebirds came and chased them away. I didn’t know how I felt about that, ha! I adore my chickadees too.
I love the chickadees, as well, but bluebirds are so striking when the light catches them just right, especially when they are flying.
Yes, they are, and the juvenile bluebirds are so cute!
Beautiful images. The bluebirds really stand out against the snow.
Thanks Pepper! That’s one way the snow has been helpful this week!
What beautiful visitors and I hope they retain ownership of the birdbox this season.
Fingers crossed!
How I love those blue beauties!
Hoping for nest builders this year!
Such a pretty bird. Lovely captures.
Thank you!