That *is* neat. I'd be excited too!

(Garter snakes don't eat baby Mountain Bluebirds, do they?)

Oh, how wonderful!

I know how exciting this is.

After a MAJOR hurricane about 28 years ago, it took about 15 years for the Eastern blubirds to start nesting in our area again.

Six years ago they began nesting in our yard and we, too, immediately put up more and more houses.

How exciting!
I wish you luck with yours.

I think that is just wonderful! Are you going to tempt them with mealy worms?

I am so envious... even the eastern bluebirds stay away from the pollution, noise, crowds, no fields in my area.

Gandle, I have Eastern Blues nest in my garden every year.
I used to buy mealy worms for them but I haven't this year.
They are in the city in some places, I heard some yesterday when I took Katrina home.

I'm crossing my fingers for you and Leone.
There isn't anything more exciting than baby birds in
the garden. Mountain Blues are beautiful.

We have Eastern Bluebirds nesting in a bluebird house in our back yard. They seem to be feeding young now, the female rests on a power line not far from the nest while the male makes repeated trips to the entrance with food.

I'm asking in hopes that someone here will know..do they have more than one brood per season? I believe the Robins
will produce several over the summer months...but I don't know about the Bluebirds..

Anyone?

I understand that it is possible for them to double-brood. Apparently it depends on weather, food supply, and whether the first brood was early or late.

I love bluebirds & the eastern variety are fairly common around here now due to some dedicated efforts by the local Audubon Society. However, I'm in a heavily wooded area & they don't like it at my house.

Enjoy yours.

Eastern Bluebirds can have up to 3 broods a year.
In reading through these post, I saw something that upset me. Do not mount your nestbox on a tree, or a wooden post. They should be mounted on a slick metal pole. Then I put the pole through a 3 ft piece of PVC pipe as a preditor guard. Be sure to tape across the top of the PVC pipe, just under the box, so the babies can fall in and down there. They can't get out.
You might want to check out the Bluebird Forum. Answers to all your questions there.
Leslie

I'd like to add, if you put up a nestbox for Bluebirds, put a very thin coat of Vaseline up on the inside roof. Then, rub in, as you wipe off the excess. This will keep any wasp from being able to build a nest in there. That is the ONLY thing that will make the parents not re-enter the nestbox, and tend to their babies. Also, check underneath the nestbox, for wasp nest. You can rub a bar of soap on the wood too.
Bluebirds are a joy to host.

I'm extra excited now - DH just returned from the mountain place and saw that a bluebird couple had adopted? adapted? a home in an old cherry tree at the edge of the field. 35 years we've had that place and this is the FIRST bluebird couple seen! Neighbors are thrilled too, although one was trying to figure out why the BBs used the cherry tree instead of his BB nestboxes so carefully placed. Now we can hope for double/triple broods and maybe someday have a whole congregation of bluebirds.