In the fall, it’s safe to give nesting boxes a good cleaning. While birds won’t use them for eggs, they will use them as ...

I have one bluebird house that is being used for the third time this year. The first brood had six eggs and the second nest had four eggs. She’s still tending the third nest which had four eggs ...

On a fine Monday morning in May, a bluebird lays her first egg. She produces another one the next day, another on Wednesday and her fourth and last blue egg is added to her nest on Thursday.

As for the sparrows, the male will kill young bluebirds and eat their eggs, and can sneak into a bluebird nesting box. They're not welcome, however, and their nests are removed from the boxes at ...

European starlings, an invasive species in the U.S., lay blue eggs often mistaken for those of bluebirds or robins. Unlike native birds, starlings outcompete local species and are not protected by ...

Safflower Seed is a favorite of the Northern Cardinal but is not desired by the European Starlings and Common Grackles because of its hard shell. Squirrels are not that fond of it either.

Linking Iowa readers and writers. I let down the front wall of the bluebird house, the gateway to the inside of the box, and saw four eggs – three blue and one white – in the tiny nest woven ...

This was not welcome news for Michalski since the last time she had checked this same box it had contained bluebird eggs which had been displaced by the tree swallows. Apparently, sometimes it’s ...

Bald eagles, which began nesting in December, and vultures, hawks and owls may sit on eggs for 30-50 days, Incubation time for robins, cardinals, bluebirds and other songbirds takes 10-14 days ...