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 ...

There’s probably no better or beautiful sign of spring in the bird world than the arrival of the Eastern Bluebird – our New York State Bird! You may not have ever seen a Bluebird, but you probably ...

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, ...

I love the outdoors! In addition to being a gardener, I am an Ohio Certified Volunteer Naturalist. With that designation, I have been monitoring the bluebird trail in Austintown Township Park. There ...

Each spring many readers ask how to use nest boxes to attract eastern bluebirds, tufted titmice, Carolina and black-capped chickadees, and house and Carolina wrens. Many readers specifically ask how ...

We have a large group of house sparrows that have taken over our front yard, especially the huge quince that provides thorny protective cover. I don’t particularly begrudge the house sparrows their ...

Happy March! As I write this it is March 1 – the beginning of a very nice forecast for the first half of this typically winter-like month. Who knows what the end of March and all of April will bring ...

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.

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This nest box was used in bluebird ...

PILLAGER — A bluebird nest box monitoring class is scheduled for 9:30 to 11 a.m. April 5, at the Pillager Community Center. Each spring, thousands of bluebirds return to Minnesota from Kansas and ...