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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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Hark, the herald songbirds sing, oh the joy year-round they bring… This cardinal blend will invite all your backyard birds in, not just the Northern Cardinals! Blue Jays, House Finches, White-Breasted ...

You might imagine that a scientific community that can splice genes, clone life and put machines on the Martian surface would know all about the life of our everyday bird species. You would be wrong.

… but our independent journalism isn’t free to produce. Help us keep it this way with a tax-deductible donation today. The Eastern bluebird, indigenous to North and Central America, is said to have ...