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Posted by deedee1028 (My Page) on Tue, Nov 10, 09 at 11:49
| Its a cloudy day here with possible rain and I looked out this morning and saw my blues sitting on top of my feeder pole that I now have out for my other birds with regular bird food feeders on it, he's sitting out there just singing away....is it possible he'll stay all winter? I'm not feeding him any mealworms, and I don't see him often but I know he's in the woods behind because I here him singing sometimes, but just seeing him on a day like today brightens my day....maybe thats why he was there he knows I get down on glummy days LOL |
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| Me too Deedee. Nothing else can brighten a gloomy day like a glimpse of my blues. Hope they keep coming for you. |
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| Where do you live? I'm in the lower Hudson Valley of New York and I think they stay all year here. I heard the singing on Sunday. |
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| I've had a lot of people tell me that the Bluebirds don't overwinter this far north (MA) but I had a small flock stay all last winter. This year my neighbor has a huge flock of them, and they've been hanging around her property since the beginning of Oct. So you may see your Blues all winter long. If you don't have mealworms to feed them right now, there are some great recipes for suet crumbles on the Sialis website. If it gets really cold, they will need an unfrozen water source too. |
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| This is the first time I've visited this forum and this thread caught my attention right away. I've had a pair of bluebirds that nests near my kitchen window every Spring, but after their kids fly off, I rarely see them for the rest of the Summer. But they were both out there today, around 4pm feeding and visiting the nest box. Not sure what's up with that, but what a surprise to see them in November! We're supposed to have an unusually cold winter this year, so I hope they are were just headed farther South. It was a cool drizzly day here today too, what a pick-me-up the bluebirds are! Cheryl |
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Large numbers of bluebirds from northern NE and Canada spend there winter
here in Southern NE. My local birds winter here in Northern RI. Buy many northern birds are seen moving south well into Feb. Snow pack will force them
south the birds that choose to stay local perish in major snow storms. Yearly
my nest box's are in crusted with bluebird mess. And some times dead bluebirds. A snow free winter will create a surplus of bluebirds A harsh winter
will thin there numbers out. We have had some of the worst weather here in the
northeast. And there population is a very low level (the lowest since 1990)
They need a mild winter to re-populate many area's lost by this harsh weather. If you live in the north feed mealworms and you will be the talk
of your community with bluebirds all year! They have winter as far north as
Maine! (with a good berry supply)
Ray |
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| Anita55, I live 20 miles from St.Louis, MO. and I've never seen Blues around our area in Nov. actually weve never had any Bluebirds according to my neighbors for 15yrs. until my husband and I moved here a couple of yrs. ago and I put a Bluebird box out behind our home....and all the neighbors really enjoyed them this summer. I was in Ohio when my baby blues fledged and my neighbors called to tell me they took off alright, I have a great neighborhood only about 10 homes in our little cul-de-sac. |
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| I have had a small flock 6-20 of Western Bluebirds on my property for about a month. I even had 3 Mountain Bluebirds for a day in October. They were feasting on Desert mistletoe in a Emory oak. They must have eaten all of the fruits and moved on last sighting 29 Nov. I should get some on the Christmas count in the canyon behind my home 2 Jan. |
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