It really is true -- if you build it, they will come!
Junie B. has been working on a notebook about New York State this year (stay tuned for some great "invented in New York" recipes!), and the bluebird is New York's official state bird.
I've never seen a bluebird in my entire life.
So we decided to take a chance and put up a couple of bluebird houses back by the pond.
That's all we did, honest! What is it about a little wooden box with a hole in it, stuck up on a pole?
We still haven't seen the birds, but check this out:
The nest is very deep, and it's hard to see inside it. This picture was taken by holding the camera inside the box, directly over the nest, with the lens pointed down into it. Neither the nest nor the eggs were disturbed.
Now, I won't believe it 'til I see the birds for myself, but that nest and eggs sure look like the work of a bluebird!
Stay tuned!
A Few Good Bluebird Links:
How to make a bluebird nesting box
Do's and Dont's of attracting bluebirds
Bluebird nests and eggs
I've got a couple of the same little boxes-with-holes-on-poles, and there's a bluebird sitting on the front porch of one of them right now! You're in for a treat! Plus, they eat bugs, which is always good (if you're a person, and you're talking about birds).
Posted by: Chris | April 21, 2010 at 07:48 AM
How will you ever find someplace as cool to live as where you are now! Oh! move here! Chris has bluebirds in her yard! The commute wouldn't be that much longer for the Chief....
Posted by: Unka Nonie | April 21, 2010 at 08:16 PM
Hey, we just watched Field of Dreams the other night! We have robin eggs in our pine tree. I fear they are a little too vulnerable to the neighborhood cat, however.
Posted by: Tree-ah | April 22, 2010 at 03:55 PM
Aunt Eileen, let me know what happens. It always bothered me that I never saw a bluebird at home. Lots of bluejays but no bluebirds. I'm still keeping my eye out thinking that maybe one day I'll get the opportunity.
Posted by: Annie | April 24, 2010 at 01:01 PM