The bluebirds have returned. Yesterday we saw them watching over the new house I put up for them recently. The old one had been infested with mice over the winter. Their arrival is kind of a mixed blessing. They are beautiful, and I love them, but I worry about them as they try to raise their families over the course of the summer. Yesterday they were guarding their new home from a half dozen goldfinches. They also have to contend with house wrens and sparrows which are particularly formidable. The sparrows will kill the bluebirds. We have been lucky the last few years as the sparrows have stayed away.
Bluebirds have come to the little house in the back for the last 10 years at least, probably more. They usually raise four babies at a time, and breed at least twice a year, sometimes three times. That amount to over 50 new bluebirds over that period of time. I feel good about that.
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