Bluebirds are among the most recognizable backyard bird species throughout the United States. These delightful songbirds are sweet and gentle in nature, and their famous blue plumage is a welcome ...

ATHENS, La. (KTAL/KMSS) – North America is the only place on Earth to find bluebirds, which belong to the thrush family, and there are only three species. In the eastern half of the US, we have the ...

Fortunately, in Southern Vermont we can watch bluebirds all winter. Eastern bluebirds, Sialia sialis, generally spend the ...

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 ...

What do you feed your bluebirds? That was the simple question in my email inbox last week. Simple question, expect a simple answer, right? Except there is no simple answer when it comes to feeding ...

A male eastern bluebird darts from its perch to the ground to capture an insect. When the light is angled just right, the feathers on the bird's back and tail flash a brilliant blue — so blue, in fact ...

We are thrilled to have a pair of eastern bluebirds nesting in our backyard. Our nesting bluebirds are one of the happy consequences of moving to a new home last year, one with a spacious, open ...

It's a repeated observation this spring and early summer among birders, citizen-conservationists and others in Minnesota who anticipate the popular thrush's migration. Eastern bluebirds traditionally ...

The Bluebird of Happiness has a new gig. Now it's the Bluebird of Ecosystem Services. That would be the western bluebird, a widespread California native. This colorful little thrush nests in tree ...

Russell McLendon is a science writer with expertise in the natural environment, humans, and wildlife. He holds degrees in journalism and environmental anthropology. Bluebirds mainly eat insects, so ...

There’s at least one thing nearly all ancient cultures can agree on—the humble bluebird is almost universally accepted as a symbol of happiness, prosperity and cheerfulness. That’s an awful lot of ...

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 ...