Birdfeeders

If you want to attract bluebirds to your yard, you must have two things. First, obviously, is a bluebird house, or actually, 2-4 bluebird houses are even better. The other absolutely necessary ingredient is the proper habitat. Bluebirds love open grassy area for that is where they find their food. These birds do not pursue their food, but rather they sit on a perch, such as a fence, and watch for  the movement of insects below. Bluebirds have excellent eyesight so when they spot movement, they simply swoop down to catch the grasshopper, cricket, caterpillar, etc. If you have a large open grassy area near your home, you have an excellent chance of attracting bluebirds by offering bluebird houses out in the open. Since bluebirds are cavity nesters but cannot carve out their own tree cavities, they depend on either finding a cavity available in a tree or using a bluebird house that we provide. It can be difficult to find a nesting cavity that is not already occupied, so the help we provide is quite necessary to the continuing success of this species.