Backyard Birds

The Backyard Blues: May Your Blues Be Eastern Bluebirds

Prior to the 1930’s, the Eastern Bluebird was one of North Carolina’s most common songbirds. By 1979, bluebirds were declared rare and uncommon by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Man’s activities and severe winters resulted in a 90% decline in bluebird populations. The continuing loss of natural nesting sites and other problems faced by […]

The Bluebirds are nesting!

We have had several customers reporting bluebirds building nests and several reports of eggs. So the bluebirds  are well on there way to another season. Here are some successful features of a bluebird house No perch they may help encourage Sparrows Entrance hole should be 1 1/2 inches in diameter Ventilation by a small hole […]