Meet Sialia sialis - the Eastern bluebird. These are cavity-nesting birds and only a couple of human generations ago their numbers were in serious decline in this country as a consequence of limited nesting habitat.
They’re more common nowadays as song bird enthusiasts have mobilized in the face of that decline and assembled and installed nest boxes for them. Multiply that by hundreds of thousands of similarly-minded individuals and you get the drift. More cavities – more birds.
Most of the time house wrens and tree
sparrows nest in our boxes which is just fine.
They make for good tenants. Only
a few days ago I spotted a flash of blue and upon checking the box
discovered this. They’re nesting in a box just at the edge of the back
yard making bird watching from the sun room easy.
A fun factoid about the
eastern bluebird is that the young of the first brood assist in raising the
young of the second brood.
While out with the dog for a walk we made a house call to check on progress.
Posts
No comments:
Post a Comment