The Bluebird of Happiness has a new gig. Now it's the Bluebird of Ecosystem Services. That would be the western bluebird, a widespread California native. This colorful little thrush nests in tree ...

If you are a western bluebird trying to expand your range in the rough-and-tumble forests of Montana, it helps to be an aggressive male. And if you want to have an aggressive male, it helps to pump a ...

Though it’s too early for Western bluebirds to be nesting, they’ve been recently seen going in and out of area nesting boxes. “During the winter they seem to periodically check out the nesting box ...

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 ...

Berkeley -- Parents whose grown children have not yet flown the nest can only sympathize with the Western bluebird. While female fledglings fly off on their own in late summer, their brothers ...

Among Western bluebirds and other cooperatively breeding birds, when grown children hang around the nest instead of dispersing at maturity, family structures become more close-knit. But what keeps the ...

My favorite time of the year has arrived. I am now checking weekly to see if there is any activity at our bluebird nesting box. The box is clean and ready for immediate occupancy. Our nest box is in ...

DEAR JOAN: Exciting news in our neighborhood! I have seen Western bluebirds around the area in both front and backyards. They are absolutely beautiful. I want to make my yard more attractive to them ...