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 ...

A pair of eastern bluebirds began building a nest about four weeks ago in one of the two bluebird boxes in our backyard. They’ve nested every spring, going back nine years when my wife and I installed ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Beautiful Eastern Bluebird in the Winter Snow Close Up Red White Blue Blurred Background Beak Feathers Blue Song Birds© Joanna ...

Frigid February will soon yield to balmy March, but eastern bluebirds aren’t waiting for a sunny day to begin nest construction inside my bluebird box. One morning with temperatures in the mid-20s, a ...

Here is another type of caged feeder providing an unhindered opportunity for a smaller bird to enjoy a meal without interruption from larger visitors. This male Downy Woodpecker is hammering out food ...

WOW! This male Northern Flicker is just SLURPING up the fine sunflower chips! Northern Flickers slurp their food as opposed to other birds cracking open the hard shells. They lay their eggs late May ...

On Friday, Jan. 22, my wife and I walked the grounds at Adkins Arboretum looking specifically for Eastern bluebirds. We found 12 with at least six of them already paired up and checking out the ...

Sarah exploring a dead tree with students, searching for hidden treasures. Submitted photos In a hole in a tree, there lived a bird. It was not a dusty, cramped beetle hole, filled with sawdust and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The eastern bluebird, a native species to Connecticut known for its vivid blue feathers and orange underbelly, was nearly driven ...

You might imagine that a scientific community that can splice genes, clone life and put machines on the Martian surface would know all about the life of our everyday bird species. You would be wrong.

Beautiful Eastern Bluebird in the Winter Snow Close Up Red White Blue Blurred Background Beak Feathers Blue Song Birds© Joanna Bailey/Shutterstock.com This shift from solitary nesting to shared ...