Aug 3, 2017 | birds & bears
My beloved bluebirds nested three times this season, a record here on Bickley’s Pond. Still that is not the most surprising thing that happened around here this summer. This is. One precious teenager, whom we assume was born of the early...
Nov 4, 2015 | birds & bears
I have been surprised to see them there, the bluebirds who have spent a good amount of time hanging around the official* house and the snake** house in recent days. Most often they come in late afternoon when they also enjoy the buffet of creepy crawlies they find in...
May 31, 2015 | birds & bears
I will not write about the bluebirds in my next post. I’ll share something with a little more depth, more substance. Less obsession. Promise. Until then, though, we won’t even consider this a real post. It’s just a bonus weekend...
Apr 26, 2015 | birds & bears
I spent five days in Florida with my Dad, just returning this afternoon. When I got home I ran down the steps to the birdhouse to see what, if anything, has developed. (You probably remember the most recent Bluebird Saga. They built a perfect nest, laid five eggs,...
Apr 22, 2015 | birds & bears
They have built another nest, my precious bluebird couple, in the bluebird box on our brick column. But just as last summer, she laid the eggs, incubated them only briefly, and now seems to have abandoned them. It’s just about more than my heart can take....
