Hi

In all the years have never seen a Bluebird in my area . Many lizards some wasps even a blacksnake but nary a bird lol I do get winter Painted Buntings

which are delight to watch but no nesting

I do have a pair of woodpeckers that are making their own house . The hole is fianally deep enough for them to enter. I'm assuming it;s the male doing all the work he works from S/S everyday for several weeks now The other frequently visits and inspects but no work lol i had left the dead limb on the tree to grow epis. but a far more interesting use for it ?? gary

Michael, that is funny! I have a few type of birds in my yard, some on the oak trees, others on the Queen Wreath and around this time the cardinals are looking for spots, I saw one yesterday. Because I live on the trail with a lot of trees around the house, there are a lot of birds.

Silvia

Great for rent ad!

I didn't know Bluebirds came that far south. The only birds of blue here are Scrub Jays & Blue Jays. Though we haven't seen the Scrub Jays in awhile. There was a family of Scrub Jays across the street that would take peanuts from your hand.

Lots of other birds, even had two Hummingbirds this year.

I get flocks of Bluebirds every winter. They love to use the birdbaths on the ground for... bathing, but will leave the elevated ones alone, even if only elevated a foot. And they take full advantage of the disturbed insects every time I mow. But around March most will head back to their northern stomping grounds. There are some, though, that will stay around here.

'My' resident pair spent the entire winter running off other Bluebirds from their nest box and keeping it safe. They even started working on padding it up with fresh nesting materials. Then I put up the one across the street and they just up and moved. It gets a fair bit more sun than mine and is surrounded by more open area, so that might play into why they moved. I'm just hoping another pair finds the now vacant nest box and the distance between the two, at least 100 yds, is enough that the old pair don't feel a need to defend both boxes.

Michael, I hope you get another pair of bluebirds. I loved mine and they had several broods. Then last year, the female took to defending her territory against her reflection in my bedroom window. The pecking (a loud tapping noise) against the glass would go on for hours and hours... and start at dawn - even on the weekends (no respect at all!). Making scary faces from the inside didn't help. My next door neighbor had the same problem and hung newspaper on the outside of her bedroom window. Didn't help her for long, either. I finally took the bluebird house down. I win.

(Just kidding, of course. I'd love to have them back, sans window tapping!)

EDIT: By the way, a quick search on the internet showed that this is common among bluebirds. They will spend hours attacking their own reflection in a window.. lots of YouTube videos.

Carol in Jacksonville