Sparrow-proof bluebird nesting boxes could help protect the species from invaders, an expert said yesterday. Stuart Smith of the Bermuda Bluebird Society, said bluebird boxes were often taken over by ...

Clean-out doors in the bluebird boxes at Hickory Grove Park were closed earlier in March. They were left open all winter to discourage deer mice and house sparrows from moving in. A few bluebirds hang ...

HIGHLAND — In the national crusade to preserve the gentle bluebird, Mark Wallace is a tireless soldier. Every day during the bluebird breeding season, from April to August, Mr. Wallace patrols Howard ...

Spring is here and our Island’s bluebirds are trying to secure territories, build nests, lay eggs and hopefully fledge chicks. If only it were that easy! Sadly, they are not the only ones doing this.

Nesting season has started for bluebirds, and house sparrows often find bluebird boxes a most desirable nursery. That’s a problem. House sparrows can drive bluebirds out of man-made or natural nest ...

The bluebird of happiness is becoming increasingly unhappy — and scarce — in Bermuda with growing encroachments on its natural habitat and threats from predators as varied as cats and sparrows. So on ...

Though house sparrows (Passer domesticus) look a bit like native North American species such as chipping sparrows (Spizella ...

Q: I'm monitoring bluebird boxes in Adams. In the past three weeks, I've found a dead swallow in an empty nest box, then yesterday a dead wren in another. — Nancy S., Adams A: I have encountered this ...

I love the outdoors! In addition to being a gardener, I am an Ohio Certified Volunteer Naturalist. With that designation, I have been monitoring the bluebird trail in Austintown Township Park. There ...

A symbol of love, hope and happiness, it is said the bluebird “carries the sky on its back and the earth on its breast” — and with its delightful warbling song and affinity for devouring grubs and ...

Q We live in the country and have a lot of bluebird houses, which are being taken over by sparrows. How do we keep the sparrows out? A At this time of year, you have to check every day and pull out ...