The Birders Report

Western Bluebird Male Claims New Home photos by Larry Jordan As I began my monitoring of the Bluebird Trail at Lema Ranch I saw a Tree Swallow attached to the front of the house, peering into the entrance hole.  He looked something like this. I thought to myself, well, it looks like the first Tree [...]

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Anna’s Hummingbird Gathering Nesting Material photos by Larry Jordan After watching the dive display of the male Anna’s Hummingbird last week, I decided to put out some nesting material for them (I believe it is simply raw cotton).  I placed it about six feet from one of the feeders and it didn’t take long for [...]

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Geese Flying Overhead in “V” Formation photos by Larry Jordan As the winter turns to spring and the geese once again begin flying north in those beautiful “V” formations you hear flying overhead, it is time to check your nest boxes once again.  Even if you cleaned your birdhouses out in the fall, after all [...]

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Hermit Thrush photos by Larry Jordan Enjoying the cold and rainy day off today, I decided it would be a great day to record some backyard birds for Project FeederWatch.  If you haven’t heard, Project FeederWatch is a winter-long survey of birds that visit feeders at backyards, nature centers, community areas, and other locales in [...]

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The new revised Children’s Bluebird Activity Book is available at Mountain Bluebird Trails website where you can download a copy or order copies of this wonderful children’s book. The book contains fascinating facts, stories, quizzes, puzzles, photographs, pictures to color and more. It is written at the 4th grade level so parents, grandparents, teachers and [...]

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