Eastern Washington’s winter weather has gone into hibernation, sending families back outside, flowers back into bloom and of course, the bluebirds back to Bickleton. The small town is just over an ...

Eastern Washington’s winter weather has gone into hibernation, sending families back outside, flowers back into bloom and the bluebirds back to Bickleton. The small town south of Yakima not far from ...

Mar. 6—The calendar and Mother Nature can sometimes oppose one another. But no matter what, longer days in any weather condition will trigger migrating birds to return north, and some of the first to ...

Let’s talk bluebirds. “I belong to the North American Bluebird Society, the Indiana Bluebird Society and the Minnesota Bluebird Society. I was on the board of directors of the North American Bluebird ...

Both bluebird parents feed their hungry fledglings, mostly with insects. (Courtesy of Allen Hirsch) With a flash of brilliant blue wings, the Western bluebird arrives, swooping to the ground to ...

Fortunately, in Southern Vermont we can watch bluebirds all winter. Eastern bluebirds, Sialia sialis, generally spend the ...

Eastern Washington’s winter weather has gone into hibernation, sending families back outside, flowers back into bloom and of course, the bluebirds back to Bickleton. The small town is just over an ...

Across the divides of culture and time, the sighting of a bluebird is said to bring cheer, prosperity, health and a sense of renewal. Who can say if the good fortune associated with the bird is myth, ...