Eastern bluebirds are not really blue — it's the way light waves interact with their feathers. But they are a part of Michigan's natural heritage and now that it's nesting season, they can be spotted ...

A pair of nesting eastern bluebirds has raised three broods in our bluebird box since March, and the female just laid another clutch of eggs that will hatch by mid-July. Beginning in February, the ...

• Tufted Titmouse on heated birdbath • Why is water so important? Well just like the warmer months, birds need to stay hydrated! • Key reasons water is essential for birds during the winter: • ...

A pair of eastern bluebirds began building a nest about four weeks ago in one of the two bluebird boxes in our backyard. They’ve nested every spring, going back nine years when my wife and I installed ...

ST. LOUIS — On March 30, 1927, the eastern bluebird was officially designated the Missouri state bird by an act of the Missouri Legislature because it was "common in Missouri" and "a symbol of ...

As I write this column I am feeling quite under the weather. The flu has come to town and it has me in its grip. I haven’t left the house in days and all I want to do is sleep. That being said, I am ...

Way back in 1934 a song called “The Bluebird of Happiness” with lyrics by Edward Heyman hit the airways to popular acclaim. Today, one Chester County woman, Marilyn Michalski of Phoenixville, can lay ...