Sparrow-proof bluebird nesting boxes could help protect the species from invaders, an expert said yesterday. Stuart Smith of the Bermuda Bluebird Society, said bluebird boxes were often taken over by ...

Nesting season has started for bluebirds, and house sparrows often find bluebird boxes a most desirable nursery. That’s a problem. House sparrows can drive bluebirds out of man-made or natural nest ...

Spring is here and our Island’s bluebirds are trying to secure territories, build nests, lay eggs and hopefully fledge chicks. If only it were that easy! Sadly, they are not the only ones doing this.

The bluebird of happiness is becoming increasingly unhappy — and scarce — in Bermuda with growing encroachments on its natural habitat and threats from predators as varied as cats and sparrows. So on ...

Q: I'm monitoring bluebird boxes in Adams. In the past three weeks, I've found a dead swallow in an empty nest box, then yesterday a dead wren in another. — Nancy S., Adams A: I have encountered this ...

Whether you feed the birds or not, chances are that you have some of nature’s pests in your back yard. They could be of the animal nature or even plants that quietly can take over your yard!

A symbol of love, hope and happiness, it is said the bluebird “carries the sky on its back and the earth on its breast” — and with its delightful warbling song and affinity for devouring grubs and ...