We love Bluebirds

 

I wrote a story several years ago about bluebirds. We had lived in the city several years and couldn't seem to attract the indigo enigmas with anything. I had read that it was difficult to see them in the city but I didn't read enough. About 12 years ago we moved out into the county and I read a bit more about the elusive little critters. It seems that that my whole plan of attraction was in error. Bluebirds won't eat off your birdfeeders because they eat insects (bugs) and they are anti-social with other species of birds. While in the county at Oak Ridge, we had over an acre of land and lots of places to put up a birdhouse and we had lots of bugs. From the first year there, we had a bluebird family who moved in and returned every year. The previous story outlines some of our experiences with our azul feathered friends.
  Six years ago, we moved back to the same home in the city and I was a lot smarter about finding ways to attract the little guys and not run them away. Our good friend, Mike Stainback, gave us a perfect bluebird house and I wasted no time in getting a post and setting it up. The first year they actually came in mid-March and tried out the new digs. Something wasn't right and they abandoned settling there. The following year a family settled in and made their nest to our great joy and pride. In the past five years we have had them back most of the time, but one year some other species got there first and filled it with stiff brittle twigs from our river birch tree. No one settled there that year.

  In two of the past three years we have had the bluebird family grace us with their trust. It seems that the older and more seasoned the birdhouse becomes, the more desirable it is to the bluebirds. But just in case, we opened up a brand-new condo on a tree nearby, hoping to attract another family.

This link will take you to the original story: http://poppycccorner.blogspot.com/2016/03/original-bluebird-story.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 I overheard the bluebird praying this morning. 

 "Lord, thank you for the birds that tweet,
Thank you for the bugs I eat,
Thank you for this house to live,
And thank you for these folks who give
Amen "