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Bird of the Week: The Mountain Bluebird

Photo by Nigel (Flickr)

Found in western North America

Hear Their Calls

Imagine the color of the Caribbean sea, a sparkling sapphire, and the crisp spring sky, and you might envision the vivid cerulean of the male Mountain Bluebird. They feed on airborne insects and some berries, especially during winter, when they gather in flocks by the hundreds, sometimes congregating with Western Bluebirds. (Birds of a blue feather…)

These birds are all about their nests; they like to arrive early to nesting grounds to score the best tree cavities (many that were originally created by woodpeckers) before Tree Swallows and Northern Flickers claim them. You may attract them to your own backyard by creating a nesting box made to their liking.

Fun fact: Female Mountain Bluebirds choose mates by location, location, location: The male's knack for real estate is what ultimately sways her heart.

Photo by Mick Thompson (Flickr)

Photo by Céline Haeberly (Unsplash)

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Somewhere in the universe,
in the gallery of important things,
the babyish owl, ruffled and rakish,
sits on its pedestal.
Dear, dark dapple of plush!
A message, reads the label,
from that mysterious conglomerate:
Oblivion and Co.
The hooked head stares
from its house of dark, feathery lace.
It could be a valentine.

— from “Little Owl Who Lives in the Orchard” by Mary Oliver