Birdfeeders

Bluebirds live throughout the United States. Typically, the Easter Bluebirds occur east of the Rockies and the Western and Mountain Bluebirds are found west of the Rockies. Their courtship actvities can occur as early as late February, so now is the time to get up bluebird houses. Up until about 1970, bluebird populations were declining because of lack of habitat as well as competition from non-native birds such as European Starlings. Luckily, since then there as been a great effort to put up bluebird houses in all parts of the country and the populations are again on the rise. Offering bluebird houses in your yard does more than just help this bird. It also helps our yards by providing chemical-free pest control as they eat thousands of insects including grasshoppers, beetles, caterpillars and many others. Bluebirds have little fear of people and will happily move into a bird house located in a relatively open and undisturbed part of your yard.