Bluebirds are known to migrate to warmer climates during the winter, but if they stay in their home range during the cold months they’ll find that many of the arthropods listed above are scarce. In ...

Have you been feeding some of the wild birds out in your yard this year? I have and I have enjoyed seeing the tiny nuthatches, woodpeckers, mourning doves, cardinals and blue jays out in my yard. I’ve ...

Guess what? Recent scientific studies have confirmed that seeing and hearing birds makes people happy! Science is just beginning to back up something we humans have intuitively known for a very long ...

Iowa Writers 'Collaborative. 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 ...

A little one-ounce blue, orange and white bird is a good news environmental story, for a change. Amid what seems like never-ending doom-and-gloom reports about climate change, biodiversity loss, ...

A Bronx River-Sounds Shore Audubon expert reveals where to spot the beautiful bluebird and how to preserve its presence. By the time the eastern bluebird was declared New York’s state bird in 1970, ...

Q: If cardinals get their red feathers from berries and insects and other things they eat, what foods make bluebirds blue? A: That's a good question, and the answer lies in the realm of physics.

Eastern Bluebirds are not really blue — it's the way light waves interact with their feathers. But they are a part of Michigan's natural heritage and now that it's nesting season, they can be spotted ...

Due to our high elevation in Summit County, we have brighter bluebird days than most of Colorado, and seeing our magnificent mountain bluebirds can make your day even more spectacular. These birds are ...