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 ...

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 ...

Is your bluebird house clean and ready for occupancy? It’s that time of year. They are house hunting! Everyone loves bluebirds because they are beautiful birds, have pleasing voices, good family ...

Last week, I mentioned that bluebirds were already checking out nesting boxes in our area. Putting up man-made bluebird nesting boxes has enabled bluebird populations to rebound once again. A properly ...

SAUKVILLE – Prairies are rich wildlife habitats. They are so bountiful, in fact, sometimes they even host species that evolved to breed elsewhere. For proof we need only look at two restored ...

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 ...

Last week, I mentioned that bluebirds were already checking out nesting boxes in our area. Putting up bluebird nesting boxes has enabled bluebird populations to rebound once again. Man-made houses ...

Happy March! As I write this it is March 1 – the beginning of a very nice forecast for the first half of this typically winter-like month. Who knows what the end of March and all of April will bring ...

In the early 1980s a group of volunteers, under the leadership of Betty Komarek, built and installed the first 15 nest boxes for the new bluebird trail at Birdsong Nature Center in southern Georgia.

OULU - David Lindelof stopped his Buick along Highway B in Bayfield County and watched a bluebird perched on top of a wooden nesting house, just as a ray of sunshine poked through the clouds. "It's a ...

Mothers are truly special. They bring us life, nurture us and keep us safe. They feed us, teach us how to survive; and one day, when we’re full grown, they encourage us to spread our wings and fly.