Bluebirds of the Meadow
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Fly with the Bluebirds and Soar into Learning
Summer nears and the bluebirds start nesting along the fenceline. The children are fascinated with the way they fly back and forth to build their nests. They become the focus of our next Unit Study, Bluebirds of the Meadow.
As your little bluebirds flit from place to place they will find educational activities at every turn. Your students will read about Winsome Bluebird and Welcome Robin as they sit under the bluebird house, paint with feathers, spell with birdseed and count the bird tracks. Come to the meadow. Open your eyes. Search with the eyes of a bluebird. Use your imagination. Open your wings and fly!!!
Photo Credit: Bluebird Mealworm Feeder
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Bluebirds at Calendar Time
Recording bluebird observations
Photo Credit: Team Bulletin Board
on Cindy's Blog used by permission
At Calendar time we add pictures of birds that represent the ones seen outside the classroom window.
We add the name of the bird below its picture making this bulletin board a Word Wall for the children to use when writing. We rarely see bluebirds early in the spring but as summer approaches, more and more bluebirds are sighted.
Materials for drawing, coloring and cutting out bluebirds and other birds are in the observation center near the window.
When do the Birds come Back?
Recording Bluebird Sitings
Project BudBurst is not just for counting when the flowers begin to blossom. It is also watching for other signs of Global Warming such as shifts in bird populations.
Bird Count
Counting Bluebirds
Stand at the window and watch the bluebirds come into the meadow. They are looking for insects and a place to build their nests.Ask the children to watch to see if the bluebirds have everything they need to live in the meadow. What could we add to the bird feeder station to attract bluebirds?
Try putting out meal worms for the bluebirds. They will have to be replaced quite often as the bluebirds are looking for live ones. Make sure not to put the meal worms in direct sunlight as they may die from the exposure.
Photo Credit: Bluebird Mealworm Feeder
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- Feed and Count the Birds
Here Birdy, Birdy Kindergarten Telecollaborative Project
In the fall a kindergarten class started a project for counting birds. They were officially joined by students from Texas, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, and Costa Rica .
Notice that they had a blue bird come to their feeder in the fall. Do you think that it was a bluebird?
- Great Backyard Bird Count
- The Great Backyard Bird Count is an annual four-day event that engages bird watchers of all ages in counting birds to create a real-time snapshot of where the birds are across the continent.
Anyone can participate, from beginning bird watchers to experts.
It takes as little as 15 minutes on one day, or you can count for as long as you like each day of the event. It's free, fun, and easy-and it helps the birds.
Bird Counting
Graph the Bluebirds and other Visitors
To see bluebirds you need to have a large open field with lots of insects and bluebird houses placed about ten feet off the ground facing the east. See bluebird house construction below.
Photo Credit: Drawing a Graph
From Learn NC, Creative Commons
Lay a bulletin board down on a table near the window. Make columns with bias tape. Children use push pins to record the birds seen outside the window.
Even if you have a field outside your window, it will be easier for your children to count and identify the birds at the feeder nearer the window. Having field guides and laminated
posters of common birds for your area will help in identification.
Bird Feeders for the Bluebirds
Feeding the Bluebirds
Bluebirds love meal worms. Bluebirds rarely eat birdseed.They eat mostly insects such as grasshoppers, crickets, beetles, spiders, and caterpillars.
During winter months they may eat suet.
They like the fruit of plants such as flowering dogwood, eastern red cedar, holly, and pokeweed.
Mealworms can be fed from a cup hung from the porch.
Photo Credit: Live Mealworms
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You can make your own bird feeders.
COOKING IS FOR THE BIRDS: Your kitchen station should be near water and an outlet. Have a toaster oven, aprons, hot mitts, bowls, measuring cups and spoons, and basic foods such as flour, vinegar, salt, and ingredients for making suet available. A small refrigerator with a freezer is ideal for doing experiments with ice.
1. Write a recipe for suet. Laminate it and post it in your kitchen cooking station. Whenever the birds need more suet you can open this station and the children can measure and mix food for the birds reading the recipe.
2. There could also be recipes for healthy cookies that could be rolled out and cut with letter shaped cookie cutters. Children at this station could cut out their names or theme related words and later share them with the rest of the class during snack time. (This station probably needs a parent volunteer.)
The Woodland Cafe
A Mathematical Activity
WOODLAND CAFE:
1. Write a menu for the Woodland Cafe with pictures and labels of foods that the Woodland Creatures would eat.
2. Make sure that there are 12 items on the menu.
3. Give a value of 1 to 12 cents or dollars to each item.
4. Have chits (bills) available that have room to write down the name of the customer and two items of food ordered with the amount written beside it and a place to total the bill.
5. Using a 12 sided die or rolling two regular dice find out the food eaten and add up the total.
6. The die could tell the total amount of the bill and the students could try to figure out the two items he/she must have eaten to come up with that total.
Have twelve counters available to help them work out the problem.
Math in the Meadow
Math for this Bluebirds of the Meadow Unit Study
Winsome Bluebird
Gather Your Little Bluebirds for Story Hour
Thornton Burgess wrote many stories about the little creatures of the woodlands and meadows like Winsome Bluebird.
Photo Credit: Child with red hair reading
Photo Credit: Bluebird Nest in a Tree
on Wikimedia Commons.
After lunch recess, we like to gather on the rug under Grandfather Tree and loose ourselves in the Green Meadow with all the Merry Little Breezes, Peter Rabbit, Reddy Fox, Winsome Bluebird and Welcome Robin.
These are easy reader chapter books that teach about nature while imparting the wisdom of friendship, honesty etc. Learn about Winsome Bluebird and Welcome Robin. They are friends and cousins who signal to the other little creatures of the meadow that spring is here. These are the some characters that are found in "The Adventures of Little Joe Otter"
Blacky the Crow (Dover Children's Thrift Classics) by Thornton W. Burgess
Children will love this wonderful tale of a crow w more...3 points
Adventures of Poor Mrs. Quack (Dover Children's Thrift Classics) by Thornton W. Burgess
Poor Mrs. Quack the Duck has suffered terrible mis more...3 points
The Adventures of Mr. Mocker by Thornton, W. Burgess
"If you please, Mistah Buzzard, you can tell me more...3 points
The Adventures Of Bob White (1919) by Thornton Waldo Burgess
Burgess was the model for talking animal stories. more...3 points
Beginning Bluebird Readers
From the grasses that shape the meadow to the insects that the bluebirds eat, these books will help children develop a better understanding of the bluebird's habitat in a colorful easy to read format.
Learn all about bluebirds and the meadows they live in.
Write the Room and Who's Hatching
Photo Credit: Write in the Light
on Flickr, Creative Commons.
WRITE THE ROOM: Give children 10 cut up pieces of Sentence Strips
. They will look for a word to copy onto each of the cards. They can use toilet paper binoculars, sunglasses, funny glasses etc. and a British Style Zulu Pith Helmet
to look for the words. When finished they put them in the Bird Mailbox and put the flag up. (These cards will be used in the next activity.)
WHO'S HATCHING: Keep plastic Easter eggs in a nest. Inside each egg put the letters to form words being studied. Have your Little Bluebirds find out the names of the baby chicks by unscrambling the letters to form words.
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Bluebirds on Stage
How to make a Bluebird Puppet
Have a parent volunteer help children to make bluebird finger puppets from felt.
1.Take a piece of blue felt and fold it in half.2. Slip your finger into the fold and cut a straight line up leaving enough room to sew a seam. This will be the back of the bluebird.
3. When you get to the tip of the finger, angle the cut to a point forming the head of the bluebird.
4. Take this piece and sew up where you cut.
5. Now cut a half circle out on the fold where the tip of your finger comes.
6. Put your finger back in and draw a face directly on your finger with a pen or marker.
7. Cut out wings and sew them onto the back of the bluebird.
Photo Credit: Bird House and Finger Puppets
Available on Amazon
You now have a Bluebird Finger Puppet. Make several bluebirds and put them in the Puppet Theater below.
Bluebird Puppet Theater
1. Take a couple of tin buckets with tall grass growing in them.
2. Put an overturned milk carton between them and a 9X13 pan of short grass on top of the milk crate.
3. The milk crate could be covered in brown dirt colored cloth.
Use the bluebird finger puppets from the above activity to act out scenes from the Green Meadows. Add other birds for the bluebirds to interact with in the meadow.
Verbs on the Telephone Wire
One Crow on the Telephone Wire
1. Read "One Crow" by Jim Aylesworth.2. Notice how birds often sit on telephone wires especially on the edges of meadows. They are looking for insects and often flit off to catch one and then return to the wire.
3. Hang a telephone wire near the door where you line up to go out.
4. Cut out bluebird shaped pieces of card stock.
5. Keep a stack of them in a nest near the door with a marker.
Photo Credit: Bluebird on Barbed Wire by kevincole
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As you wait for stragglers brainstorm verbs. Write the verb on a bird and hang it on the line. While you are waiting point to different verbs and have those in line act the action out in place
Eggs in the Nest Bulletin Board
Nothing keeps them on task and learning like a good game.
1. Make a meadow scene with a row of fence posts running across it.2. On each fence post put a Jello box that has been decorated to look like a bluebird house with the roof hinged so that eggs can be added and taken out.
3. Each birdhouse has a number on it that represents the answer to a number problem.
4. Eggs have number problems or word problems.
5. The students put the eggs back into the right nests.
6. If you have 10 birdhouses and 20 eggs the back of each egg could correspond with the color on the inside of the roof of the birdhouse for self checking.
NOTE: Move the birdhouses often so that they don't memorize the colors instead of the math problems.
Photo Credit: Baby Bluebirds by mullica
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Bluebird Math Activities
Store the eggs in a bluebird house and use them during Center Time.
- Number Sequencing from lilteacher.com
- Miss Renée's Kindergarten Pad
Number Sequencing- Program 3 egg patterns with numbers, laminate, and connect with a brad. Children guess what number will be found inside eggshell.
Bluebird Mail
Vintage Blue Bird Postage by golden_oldies
Available on Zazzle
BLUEBIRD MAIL: Students dress as mail carriers, passenger pigeons or Bluebird Mail carriers with mail sacks and hats. They take the cards from the mailbox and put the flag down. The then deliver the mail to the correct birdhouse. The bird house will have signs on them that correspond to phonic skills being studied for example
-words beginning with letter b on one house and d on the other.
-verbs vs. nouns
-three letter words vs. four letter words(Ask the students for other ideas to reuse these words.)
Shadow Puppets
SHADOW PUPPETS: In a dark corner or in the cave of the tree (see River Otter Unit Study) hang a white sheet with a flashlight behind it. Cut shapes of different meadow creatures out of black card stock. One student holds the flashlight. One student moves the puppets and tells the story. Two children are in the audience. Use a timer to limit let them know when to rotate roles.Photo Credit: Bird Silhouette
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Bluebird Go Fish or Concentration Game
Bluebird Games
Make two sets of bird cards. Write the name of each bird on the bottom. Teach the children how to play Go Fish or Concentration with these cards.
GAME TABLE: Make theme related cards with words to play Bingo, Concentration, or Go Fish. Allow up to 4 at this station. Max by Family Pastimes is a wonderful game where children cooperatively try to help a bird, mouse and chipmunk get back to their tree before Max the Cat comes to eat them. Pretend that the bird in the game is a bluebird.
Wings
Bluebird Wings
Using large pieces of felt make sets of wings. Sew two inch wide strips of felt on the top and bottom of each wing so that the child can slip his/her arm through.Make two more two inch wide strips about a yard or so long attached at the shoulders only. These cross the child's chest and tie in the back.
Make one set blue for Winsome Bluebird, one set red for Welcome Robin.
ind a couple of pairs of bright yellow socks such as soccer socks to use for bird feet. Children can act out the roles of Winsome Bluebird and Welcome Robin.
Photo Credit: Bluebird Ballet Costume
Available on Amazon
Birds of a Feather Read Together
ABC BOOK WRITING CENTER: Brainstorm ideas as a class for each of the letters of the alphabet. Post these ideas above the Writing Center. Children work alone or in pairs to write and illustrate a page, cross it off the list, sign their names beside it and put the page into a folder hanging beside the list. When all pages are completed ask a parent volunteer to bind it. Read it to the class and add it to the class library or Book Nook.POEMS AND CHANTS: Copy poems, songs, and chants onto large poster boards and have them laminated.
READ THE ROOM: Children can use theme related pointers to read the charts with a partner. Favorite Beginning Readers
HIGHLIGHTER TAPE: Children can use Highlighter Tape on the charts to highlight verbs, beginning letters, rhyming words etc. Favorite Beginning Readers
Photo Credit: The Boy Who Drew Birds
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Birds of a Feather Write Together
Writing about Bluebirds
Variation: Unscramble the sentence.
BIRD FIELD GUIDES
Birds of Oregon by Roger Burrows, Jeff Gilligan, Ted Nordhagen (illustrator)
Too bad it's limited to Oregon birds, because I fo more...2 points
The Sibley Guide to Birds by David Allen Sibley
David Allen Sibley, America's most gifted contemporary more...1 point
The Bluebird Book: The Complete Guide to Attracting Bluebirds (A Stokes Backyard Nature Book) by Donald W. Stokes, Lillian Q. Stokes
The best book on bluebirds! Attract the "blue more...1 point
The Bird Lover's Backyard Handbook: Attracting, Nesting, Feeding by Jan Mahnken, Hugh Wiberg, Rene Laubach, Christyna Laubach
The bird lover can attract hummingbirds to the gar more...1 point
Birds (Fandex Family Field Guides) by Michael W. Robbins
Bringing the world of Birds to your fingertips, Fa more...1 point
Scientific Birds
Bluebird Science
Background For Teachers:
Birds are a group of animals with very specific characteristics. They are warm blooded, have feathers and hollow bones, and lay eggs. All birds have wings, but not all birds fly. They all have beaks, but each type of bird has a different type of beak, depending on the kind of food it eats.
SCIENCE TABLE: Collect feathers, egg shells, nests, seeds, etc. Have a cage of parakeets or finches nearby. Magnifying glass, tweezers, nutcracker, lab coat, safety goggles, etc. for examining the collection. Field guides such as "The Sibley Guide to Birds" by David Allen Sibley should be handy. Record your observations.
OPERATING ROOM: With the teacher or an experienced parent volunteer, dissect a chicken, turkey, and a quail. Check for skin, where feathers attach, muscles, fat, bone structure, etc. Move the wings and see how the ligaments hold the bones together. -Dissect chicken, duck, emu, and quail eggs.
-Dissect a rabbit and any other animal you can acquire. How about clams, muscles, fish, snails, lobster, shrimp...
CLASSROOM ZOO: Compare the birds to the fish in your Aquarium, your hamster, butterfly, frog and turtle. What do they have in common? How are they alike? Record your observations.
SOIL SCIENCE: Go on a walk and collect samples of soils in different habitats. (meadow, riverbank, forest, etc) Store these samples in labeled baby food jars. At the Science Table open each one and smell, observe, touch, and rub some between your fingers to hear the similarities and differences.(Do not taste them.) Draw pictures of your observations. If they are dry try adding water with eyedroppers. Observe and record the differences. How do the different soils effect the types of vegetation growing in the different habitats and how does this in turn effect the types of animals living there.
Raising Baby Chicks
Baby Bluebird Chicks
Photo Credit: Classroom Incubation Kit
Available on Hotspot for Birds
Of course, you can't incubate bluebirds but watching baby chickens hatch and develop will give you an idea of what is happening with baby bluebird chicks. Help your children learn to record their observations on a daily basis. If you are lucky enough to have bluebirds nesting near your observation window, look for ways that you can compare the development of the baby chicks to that of the baby bluebirds.
Bluebird Meadow
Turn your Classroom into a Meadow for the Bluebirds
Bluebirds nest in small cavities in lone trees or fence posts on the edge of fields. The fields are full of many different types of grasses and wildflowers as well as insects, snakes, and other birds. (Look in my other lenses for ideas on how to add trees and water to your room.)
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FLANNELBOARD MEADOW
and the science of Grass
FLANNEL BOARD:Set up a Flannel Board with a meadow scene (see below). Add plants and animals from the meadow.
More variety can be added by cutting out pictures and gluing them onto scraps of flannel. These pictures can have words written on them.
Photo Credit: Meadow/Sky Flannelboard
Available on Amazon
Words such as AND, THE, IS, can also be glued to the flannel for writing sentences.
RICE TABLE MEADOW: Surprise your little bluebirds by dumping a bag of potting soil into the rice table. Give them some birdseed and a little water to sprinkle to make streams run through. Add Playmobile figures or other little plastic animals, small twigs, etc. and let them make up stories as they go.
Keep a cover on it whenever it's not in use. In a few days they will be surprised when the seeds sprout and start to grow. Record this growth on a chart nearby.
Photo Credit: Wall of the Wild Grass
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PLANTS: Grasses grow easily in shallow containers.
Put 1-2 inches of soil in 13X9 baking pans. Children can scatter birdseed, grass seed, or collect seeds from plants found on walks. Add some wild flower seeds. When you go on walks look for varieties you haven't seen before. Keep notes in your journal.
FEEDING STATION: Set up bird feeders outside near the window. See The Bird Lover's Backyard Handbook: Attracting, Nesting, Feeding by Jan Mahnken.
Write a recipe for suet in the cooking center and have children make and replace the suet as needed. Measure and record the amounts of different kinds of seeds eaten by birds daily.
Put binoculars and pith helmets in the loft of the tree (see River Otters Unit Study lens) and record your observations of the birds at the feeder.
Join the Kindergarten Class from the Here Birdy, Birdy Kindergarten Telecollaborative Project in recording the birds at your feeder at Calendar Time. (See link below)
- Meadow - Sky Flannelboards
- The meadow scene flannel board is mounted on two sheets of heavy guage cardboard backing. Mounting is optional.
- How Grass Works
- At the base of the grass plant, roots grow down into the earth. Typically, grass roots are fibrous, or threadlike. They extend into the soil like fingers, collecting nutrients, soaking up water and securing the plant to the ground. (Click on link to see the whole article by Tom Harris)
Bluebird Ecosystem
Other Animals that Share the Meadow with the Bluebirds
Bluebirds in Flight
Photo Credit: Western Bluebird by kevincole
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BIRDS ALL AROUND: Put plush birds by Wild Republic (See below) in the tree and a bluebird on a post out in the open.
During circle time put several of these birds in a sack. Squeeze one at a time and have them guess which one it is from the call.
In the listening center play CD's of Bird Calls (See Below)
FLYING BIRDS: Ask parent volunteers to help you make the Bird Mobiles by Anne Wild (see below). Read about each type of bird as you hang them up. Crinkleroot's Guide to Knowing Birds by Jim Arnosky (see below) has beautiful illustrations and easily captures children's attention.
Bluebird Photos
Capture Bluebirds on Film
Have a digital camera available near the window so that children can take pictures of the birds they see. Now that digital cameras have become available it is possible to allow children to take as many pictures as they like.
Download the pictures onto your computer and let the children use them to illustrate books about the bluebirds and other birds they see and learn about.
Bluebird Picture Books
Picture Books about Bluebirds and other birds to Read Aloud
As you read each book, come back and vote it up or down. The little green arrow will help you keep track of the stories that you and your children liked best.
If you know of any other bluebird tales, please add them to the list so that others may enjoy them as well.
Leaving the Nest by Mordicai Gerstein
Book Description What do a baby blue jay, a kitten, more...2 points
Building Bluebird Houses
How to Build a Bluebird House
At the time that Thornton Burgess wrote about Winsome Bluebird and Welcome Robin, bluebirds were common. With habitat loss, pollution and the introduction of the English Sparrow, Bluebirds have become quite scarce.Some children would love to learn how to build a bluebird house. One year we visited a local farmer and bluebird enthusiast who took the time to show the children how to make bluebird houses. We now have several along the fenceline of our meadow.
Photo Credit: How to Build a Bluebird House
From the Ohio Department of Natural Resources
All About Bluebirds
Eastern Bluebird Nest with Egg
by Everett Johnson
Available on Amazon
What will you discover when you peek into the bluebird house? Why, four blue eggs tucked snugly into a nest of woven grass. Remember it is best not to peek often as this will scare away the bluebird parents.
- The Bluebird Box
- FAQ's, articles and photo gallery about bluebirds and bluebird boxes.
Bluebird Games
Games to Learn about Bluebirds
eeBoo Counting Birds Wall Cards
eeBoo Counting Birds are large 8 X 10 wall cards featuring Cardinals, Hummingbirds, Wrens, Sparrows as well as the numbers 1 to 10. Hang these posters above your math center or use them with younger children for as a learning center where you put the numbers in order. Use small birds or Unifix Cubes for one on one correspondence activities and then pair them up to see which numbers are odds or evens.
Create your own decks of cards with a bluebird theme. Make cards to play all the familiar games such as Go Fish, Concentration, Memory, or Bingo.
- Flash My Brain - Create and print your own Bluebird flashcards.
- Flash My Brain allows you to create and save your own sets, play more games, save and view your study progress, print in a variety of formats, generate iPod flashcards, and access 100,000s more flash cards. You can manage flash card decks, splitting and combining them, and you can even import flash cards from CSV files and other formats.
Bluebird Games
Birds in the Trees
A Cooperative Game for Little Bluebirds
1. Talk with the children about protection. Trees form a shelter for birds in a storm.
2.In this game some children will be trees and others will be bluebirds. When the music plays it is sunny and the birds fly through the trees. When the music stops, it signifies the calm before the storm when all the birds need to seek shelter under the trees.
3. After each round a tree becomes a bird until all the trees become birds and the teacher is the last tree.
Label the Bluebird
Bluebird Word Wall
Chickens Aren't The Only Ones
Bluebirds Lay Eggs
Oviparous Animals
When studying birds I like to diverge a little and learn about all the other oviparous animals, animals that lay eggs. Quail eggs, duck eggs and emu eggs can often be found to bring in to class. I like to put them into a paper sack and ply 20 Questions with the children so they can guess what I have brought in. The questions can only be answered with a yes or no. This develops a lot of excitement and anticipation. We then estimate the circumference and weight and then check our estimates with a tape measure and scales. Each of the children gets to hold the eggs and then we dissect them very carefully looking at the membrane, the yolk and the white parts.
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We brainstorm all of the animals that we can think of that lay eggs and then I read "Chickens Aren't the Only Ones".
Mrs. Flanagan has more great Oviparous ideas.
Last year we went on a field trip to the Everglades during nesting season. There was a Great Blue Heron nest right beside the Visitor's Center. Many Anhingas were nesting in trees along the path and we found the eggs of the Pond Apple Snail in a sinkhole along the path.
Photo Credit: Baby Bluebird by OakleyOriginals
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Did You Ever See An Egg?
Sung to: "Did You Ever See a Lassie?"
Did you ever see an egg and think what was inside it?
Did you ever see an egg and think what was inside?
It could be a chick, or a fish, or a lizard.
Did you ever see an egg and think what was inside?
For next verse, substitute other oviparous
animals in place of chick, fish, and lizard.
Eggs
Lots of animals come from eggs
Some with fins
And some with legs.
Some that chatter
And some that cheep
Some that fly
And some that creep.
Some that slither
And some that run
Some with feathers
And some with none.
Animal eggs can be quite small
Or just as big as a tennis ball.
The animals here
They're quite a few
Hatch from eggs
And lay them, too.
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Educational Games and Toys to Learn More About Bluebirds
The Great North American Bird Watching Trivia Board Game
2000 questions about North American birds for birders of all skill levels to learn more about the birds they observe every day. Learn habitat, mannerisms, field marks, diet, nomenclature and more.2 points
Window Bird Feeder
Children can watch and learn about our feathered friends with this window bird feeder. Suction cups allow the feeder to be moved with ease. Add mealworms to attract bluebirds.2 points
Breezy Singer Eastern Bluebird
This bird will enlighten, amuse, educate and fascinate you. Includes information about the bird on the packaging. Bird sounds are authentic recordings from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology Motion activated photosensor activates bird sounds and realistic head, beak and tail movement Realistically sculpted and hand carved On/Off switch Bird stand is included2 points
Bird Lover Magnetic Poetry
Whether you occasionally watch birds in the backyard or are a devoted birding enthusiast, the Magnetic Poetry Bird Lover kit is for you. This kit contains the perfect collection of words to give voice to your avian spirit. Create a sonnet for your favorite songbird or an ode to a hovering hummingbird. Open up a box and spread your poetic wings! Contains over 240 magnetized words and word fragments. Hang them on a fridge, file cabinet, locker door, cookie sheet or any other steel surface and watc...2 points
Scramble Squares: North American Birds
Unscramble the nine 4 X 4 square pieces by perfectly matching the beautiful illustrations on the squares' edges, while forming a 12 X 12 square. Sound easy? It's not! Good Luck!2 points
ANIMAL AND BIRD TRACKS KNOWLEDGE CARDS
Close observation of our surroundings is one of the biggest joys of being outdoors. And we humans--the naming animal--enjoy ourselves more when we know, or can find out, what we're observing. An effortless carry in a pocket or day pack, this 48-card deck satisfies our hardwired urge to identify. A picture of a bird's or animal's footprints appears on one side of each card; the other side names the creature and presents its taxonomic data, physical characteristics, footprint size, and diet, and n...2 points
Magnetic KidUSA State Birds
Our staff artist, Judy Richardson, hand-painted the 50 state birds used to create this beautiful set of magnets. Youll be surprised by how many states claim the cardinal as their states bird! A magnetic key is included.2 points
Sea Birds Chessmen
The perfect gift for all you wildlife lovers! Feel the cool ocean breeze with this Heavenly birds of the sea themed set of chessmen. The hand painted pieces are intricately made. You will want to display these gorgeous chessmen for all to admire! Chess is a game that brings enjoyment to all its players and is great to pass on from generation to generation!2 points
Sea Birds Chess Set
Chess is not just any old game. It is one of the most revered board games ever to hit the market. Not only is chess a fun and exciting way to compete against your rivals, it also offers a numerous array of intellectual benefits. Chess increases memory and develops concentration. It encourages imagination and creativity. Chess is also known to improve student's schoolwork and grades. Various studies have demonstrated that students acquire higher reading and math levels, and just an overall superi...2 points
Birds of Summer
A Co-operative Card GameTM. Players are parent Birds trying to save their Baby Birds from Predators such as Hawks and Cats. The cards provide 6 Places for Nests, 6 Birds, 6 Predators and 6 Kinds of Food.2 points
Set of 9 Birds-Pre-Cut Feltboard Figure Set
"The Color Birds Flannelboard lessons & activities, colorfast, printed felt figures. These are a good way to learn colors and build the imagination. 9 pairs of birds in: red, yellow, blue, orange, green, purple, brown, black & white. Use on a flannleboard or mount as a puppet or on a stick They are easy to use and are a great way to teach even the busiest children!"2 points
ELEMENTARY SCIENCE: BIRDS CLEVER CATCH BALL
This Clever Catch%uFFFD is one of the new additions to the Science Series! It will take the elementary school science student through a great learning experience or review process of facts regarding birds! What is a baby eagle called? Where would you fly if you were a bird? Do birds have teeth? This 24" inflatable ball is tossed around the classroom and the student will answer the question under the left thumb. Contains no latex!2 points
Large Farm Figures Set w/Meadow/Sky Flannelboard - Kit
"This Farm Flannelboard activity lesson set is set on Grandma & Grandpa's farm you never know what will happen next. There are horses, cows, sheep and of course, a big red barn! Sing songs, learn about animals and rural life with this imaginative set. 43 Pre-cut figures - pigs, goats, cows etc., barn door that opens, Large 12"", included Meadow/Sky is unmounted. They are easy to use and are a great way to teach even the busiest children!&...2 points
Bluebird Japanese Erasers- Set of Four!!!
These bluebird erasers would make delightful math manipulatives. Buy several sets for leaning to add and subtract up to 12. Place some bluebirds in a nest and others outside and then write the number sentences. They would also make nice playing pieces for board games.0 points
4 Inch Bird Nest to accompany the Bluebird Erasers
Nest for your bluebird erasers. Place some bluebirds inside the nest and others outside the nest. Add and subtract bluebirds to learn math facts up to 12.0 points
Bird Games on eBay
Birds of a Feather Draw Together
Bluebird Art
DRAWING: Children can use their talents to illustrate journals, books, posters, etc. It also helps them to develop better fine motor skills for handwriting. (see list below)ART CENTER: Besides having lots of paper, writing utensils and craft supplies, provide a basket or shelf of books on how to draw. Find step-by-step directions for drawing bluebirds and post them above the art table. Keep a 3-ring binder with similar directions of other animals. Laminating them will not only make them last longer but allow your young artists to trace over the examples with dry erase markers.
Photo Credit: Bluebird Drawing
by Evelyn Saenz
Bluebird Coloring Pages
Sometimes is fun to just color in a picture of a bluebird. Other times we use these bluebird coloring sheets to label the parts of the bird, label the bluebirds in French or Spanish or use them as a story starter for Writing Workshop.
Drawing Sheet - Bluebird - BillyBear4Kids.com
Learn HOW TO DRAW bluebirds!2 points
Bluebirds in a Flowering Magnolia Tree
From the Missouri state coloring book of state sym more...0 points
Origami Bluebird
Make your own Bluebird
Check out these step-by-step instructions on how to makeorigami bluebirds. Origami bluebirds would be nice hanging from the ceiling as if they looking for insects. I like to hang them using thread and watch them move around in the breeze from an open window, fan or heat duct.
Printable Bluebird
Print and fold a standing bluebird.
Photo Credit: Printable Bluebird
From The Toy Maker
Bluebird of Happiness
My odd, little world of paper toys, holiday cards, more...0 points
Bluebird Finger Puppet
Bluebird Craft
Photo Credit: Bluebird Finger Puppet
on Flickr, Creative Commons.
Check out Seasonal Kids Activities for others in the Easter Finger Puppets set and Instructions.
Online Bird and Word Matching Game
- Birds of a Feather
- Budding naturalists can have fun with abstract shapes and life sciences by playing games like Bird Watcher. Kids delight in matching the birds to their silhouettes and habitats.
Listen to the Bluebirds
Keep them learning all the time.
Put a CD player in the bathroom on continuous play. Play CD's of bird calls.This idea actually came from reading the book, Cheaper by the Dozen
, which is a wonderfully funny look at teaching and learning. Father didn't allow any wasting of time so he had the children listen to French and German Language Learning records in the bathroom as they brushed their teeth etc. (Don't watch the movie. It has no relation to this wonderful book.)Photo Credit: Eastern Bluebird by depauwler
Available on Zazzle
Or listen to this audio file of Bluebird Calls.
Learn Bird Calls
Can you recognize a bluebird just from it's call?
"Here Comes a Bluebird"
"Here Comes a Bluebird" Song and Dance Game
To PLAY the game"Here Comes a Bluebird"
1. Choose a child to be the first "Bluebird."
2. The rest of the children join hands and form a circle, holding their hands high.
3. Everyone sings The Bluebird Song as the "Bluebird" weaves in and out
of the "windows of the upraised arms of the children in the circle. Listen to the song "Here Comes A Bluebird"
so that you can hear the tune and rhythm in order to teach it to your children.4. When you get to the words "Pick a Little Partner," the "bluebird" draws the nearest child into the circle changing this child into a bluebird. These two bluebirds join both hands and hop into the center of the circle.
5. The two bluebirds drop hands, and begin the game again, now with the partners becoming two "bluebirds." The circle rejoins hands and repeats the song. Both "bluebirds" now picking partners.
6. Continue repeating the song, accumulating "Bluebirds" until there is no circle left!
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"Here Come a Little Bluebird" with Rhythm Sticks
Become a Bluebird
Dance and Sing like a Bluebird
- Bluebird Song and Dance
- Go to this link to listen to the song, read the words, see the musical score and read directions to the dance.
- Bluebird Costume
- Click here to see bluebird costumes for sale.
Bluebird Songs
Bluebird Poetry
Over in the meadow,In the sand in the sun,
Lived an old mother toadie,
And her little toadie one,
"Wink!" said the mother;
"I wink!" said the one,
So they winked and they blinked,
In the sand in the sun.
Over in the meadow,
Where the stream runs blue,
Lived an old mother fish,
And her little fishes two,
"Swim!" said the mother;
"We swim!" said the two,
So they swam and they leaped,
Where the stream runs blue.
Over in the meadow,
In a hole in a tree,
Lived an old mother bluebird,
And her little birdies three,
"Sing!" said the mother;
"We sing!" said the three,
So they sang and were glad,
In a hole in the tree.
Over in the meadow,
In the reeds on the shore,
Lived an old mother muskrat,
And her little ratties four,
"Dive!" said the mother;
"We dive!" said the four,
So they dived and they burrowed,
In the reeds on the shore.
Over in the meadow,
In a snug beehive,
Lived a mother honey bee,
And her little bees five,
"Buzz!" said the mother;
"We buzz!" said the five,
So they buzzed and they hummed,
In the snug beehive.
Over in the meadow,
In a nest built of sticks,
Lived a black mother crow,
And her little crows six,
"Caw!" said the mother;
"We caw!" said the six,
So they cawed and they called,
In their nest built of sticks.
Over in the meadow,
Where the grass is so even,
Lived a gay mother cricket,
And her little crickets seven,
"Chirp!" said the mother;
"We chirp!" said the seven,
So they chirped cheery notes,
In the grass soft and even.
Over in the meadow,
By the old mossy gate,
Lived a brown mother lizard,
And her little lizards eight,
"Bask!" said the mother;
"We bask!" said the eight,
So they basked in the sun,
On the old mossy gate.
Over in the meadow,
Where the quiet pools shine,
Lived a green mother frog,
And her little froggies nine,
"Croak!" said the mother;
"We croak!" said the nine,
So they croaked and they splashed,
Where the quiet pools shine.
Over in the meadow,
In a sly little den,
Lived a gray mother spider,
And her little spiders ten,
"Spin!" said the mother;
"We spin!" said the ten,
So they spun lacy webs,
In their sly little den.
http://www.ongoing-tales.com/SERIALS/oldtime/POETRY/meadow.html
FIVE LITTLE BLUEBIRDS
(Can be sung to Two Little Dickie Birds)
Five little bluebirds, hopping by my door
One went to build a nest, and then there were four.
Four little bluebirds singing lustily
One got out of tune, and then there were three
Three little bluebirds, and what should one do,
But go in search of dinner, leaving only two.
Two little bluebirds singing just for fun
One flew away, and then there was one.
One little bluebird sitting in the sun
He took a little nap, and then there was none.
- Children's Nursery Rhyme
BLUEBIRD WINTER
In summer, juicy insects crawl
On leaves and through the grass.
I feast on bugs until late fall
Then catch them less and less.
Soon winter comes with snow and ice
And winds all in a flurry.
The bugs are gone, but in their place,
a berry February!
--Mariam Kirby
More bluebird activities can be found at Children's Bluebirdy Activities.
Links to Classroom Activity Sites
- Children's Bluebirdy Activities
- Classroom resources about bluebirds.
Bluebell and Bluebird
Bluebell and Bluebird by Margo Fallis
Children's Stories - Bluebell and Bluebird
Bluebell, the fairy, sat on the branch of a willow tree. Its long, leafy limbs reached to the ground as if it was trying to push itself up. Sitting on the branch next to her was a bird's nest. Lying inside, on top of bits of twigs, string, and leaves, was a bluebird. His feathers were ...1 point
Bluebird Costumes
Alicia Markova as Bluebird in Sleeping Beauty
by Gjon Mili
Available on Allposters
As Fancy Nancy says, every day is a great day to dress up. Here are some inspiring bluebird costumes.
- Sleeping Beauty Bluebird Costume
- Authentic costumes for performing as Bluebird in a production of the ballet, Sleeping Beauty.
- FamilyFun: Crafts - and More Family Fun
- Dress-up as a bluebird
- Classical Ballet Tutus
- Made to measure professional quality classical ballet tutus for competitions, festivals and performances. Bespoke, elaborately decorated Princess Florine tutu for the Bluebird Pas de deux with professional standard bluebird headdress.
- Boy in Bluebird Costume
- Illustration of a boy dressed in a bluebird costume
Stories about Bluebirds
- Bluebirds at the National Elk Refuge (Pixel remix: the Ann-alog)
- A series of bluebird nesting boxes can be seen along the boundary of the National Elk Refuge between Jackson, Wyoming and Grand Teton National Park.
Bluebirds and the Writing Process
Write a story about Bluebirds
Set aside time for the children to write on a daily basis. At first it is important for them just to get their story down on paper. Don't worry about spelling. Have a word wall of high frequency words available as well as a list of bluebird words. My bluebird words are posted on a bulletin board display depicting a meadow with bluebirds sitting on a wire, flying in and out of a bluebird house and bluebirds catching insects. This bulletin board as many different words labeled and attached with pushpins. The children remove a word when they need help spelling it and then replace it when done.
Each day, provide time for children to share their writing. This motivates the children to write more as well as to refine what they have written.
When the stories are finished and edited, publish them and add them to the classroom library. Be sure to add cards in the back so that they can be borrowed and read by all children in the class.
You might want to provide bluebird themed wrapping paper and stickers for decorating the covers of these bluebird books.
Teaching about Birds
In the summer bluebirds eat insects flying over the fields but in the fall their diet consists mostly of fruit. Bluebirds like to eat the fruit of honeysuckle, dogwood, bittersweet, viburnums, and pokeweed.
Bluebirds in the News!
Photo Credit: Bluebird House by Tobyotter used under creative commons
Photo Credit: Baby Bluebirds by mullica used under creative commons
Photo Credit: Bluebird feeding her Babies by kevincole used under creative commons
Thank you to the Wheelers for including the Bluebirds in their Directory.
Sparrows are not native to North America and often try to take over the Bluebird's nesting sites. In the spring, it is important to check the bluebird houses every day. By pulling out the sparrow nesting material and eggs you will discourage the sparrows and give the bluebirds a chance.
It is easy to tell the difference between a sparrow's nest and a bluebird's: Sparrows use paper, gum wrappers and other litter; bluebirds use grasses.
Economy Bird Feeder
Connect with nature by decorating a bird feeder for your feathered friends. Measures approximately 6 x 6 x 2. No assembly required. Includes: Bird feeders and acrylic paint. Bird seed not included. 12 Pack. Duration: .45 minutes. Age: 6+.2 points
Easter Fluff Kills Bluebirds
Pink, featherless hatchlings can choke on green plastic that gets knotted around their throats. Nearly half the nesting boxes that Purvis monitors are furnished by the bluebirds themselves with Easter grass they have collected across Orange County. This pliable plastic is easy pickings. It's just the right size for a nest. Lightweight and warm. But most important it is abundant. Left behind on lawns long after the egg hunt is over or blown under shrubs by landscape crews, a homeowner might n.......1 point
Bluebirds in the Ballet Sleeping Beauty.
Photos and Yat-Sen Chang and Simone Clarke interview.1 point
Bluebird houses need checking daily
News, how-to articles, photo galleries and video about gardening, decorating and home improvement in Minneapolis, St. Paul, the Twin Cities area and Minnesota, plus birding, collecting and other hobbies.1 point
The Wonderful World Of North American Bluebirds - Verbal Pictures Of Bluebirds
The Wonderful World Of North American Bluebirds - Verbal Pictures Of Bluebirds1 point
Bluebird House on eBay
Photo Credit: Bluebird House
on Flickr, Creative Commons.
Mount a bluebird house or a series of them along the fence line of a field and you encourage these beautiful birds to choose your neighborhood to raise their young.
Bird Watching in the Woods
A Walk in the Woods HeadquartersA Walk in the Woods Whether connecting with my children, a friend or just de-stressing from a long day of work my favorite pastime is a walk in the woods. T...
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Unit Studies to learn about Birds
Help the Bluebirds find their Friends
Link the Bluebirds
Please add any bird related links. It will help increase your backlinks and your lensrank. Your links should be high-quality articles that help teachers, parents, homeschoolers and children learn more about bluebirds, songbirds or birds in general.
Purple Gallinules of the Everglades
Gallinules are spectacular creatures. The can be found walking on water lilies in the canals throughout the Everglades.Become Purple Gallinules as you learn color words, explore bird anatomy, walk on lilypads and write with feather plumes.Put on your yellow tights, flap your purple wings and tiptoe...3 points
Take Home Literacy Bags
TAKE HOME LITERACY BAGS are a fun way to help children share what they are learning with their families. Children take these literacy bags home, read the stories and do the activities with their families and then write about their experiences in the journal.When they return the bag to school they ge...3 points
Flamingos!
Flamingos fascinate me. Whether they're the real ones strutting around on their goofy legs, or the wonderful plastic ones proudly standing in my yard -- they are a universal symbol of all that is tropical, and can always make me smile. So, what's the deal with these icons of front yard kitsch? Let's...2 points
American White Pelican
The American White Pelican doesn't dive for its dinner as most pelicans do. They simply dip their heads underwater and come up with a pouch full of water. Using its beak as a strainer, the water is expelled leaving fish and other delectable treats behind.2 points
Birding with Grandma
Take your grandchildren birdwatching and you will be giving them a lifetime ticket to the theater of nature. "May they always hear the whisper of wings...". Start a beautiful Bird Collection for your Grandchildren2 points
The Mallard Duck
The green head, yellow bill, and black rump of the Mallard Duck is a familiar sight for many people living in the Northern hemisphere. Nearly 10 million Mallards live in North America with millions more in Eurasia. It is thought to be the most abundant duck in the world today.2 points
Create a Backyard Bird Sanctuary
Bird watching is one of the fastest growing outdoor activities in the world. It provides a relaxing and educational diversion from the stresses of life and work. It can be a meditative, solitary experience or a social activity. There are bird watching clubs and organizations you can join, bird watch...2 points
The Canada Goose
Known for their V-shaped migrating flocks, and their loud and frequent honking, Canada Geese are among the most familiar of all North America's waterfowl.2 points
Best Books on Birds: Field Guides and More
This lens provides recommendations for books on wild birds. Whether you need a field guide or would just like to learn more about birds, you'll find the best here.Books for Kids? -- See the modules toward the end of this lens.2 points
Herring Gulls
The Herring Gull is a familiar bird. It is often seen along the coast and in coastal urban settings. It has a gray mantle and black wing-tips and can be seen dining in garbage dumps and following the fishing vessels to shore.2 points
Hummingbirds: Facts, Feeders and Fun Merchandise
Hummingbirds are amazing creatures. The more you learn about them, the more amazing they become.Here you can learn about them, find great feeders, and browse neat hummer merchandise.Learn how to entice them to your yard with the right feeders and plants.2 points
Virginia Birdwatching
This lens introduces readers to birdwatching in Virginia, USA.2 points
Our Nesting Blackbirds
I love birds and a few weeks ago was priviledged to have a blackbird build a nest on our patio in the trellis of a raised bed! She and her mate have subseqently raised a brood of four baby blackbird chicks from the clutch of eggs.I try to have a bird and wildlife friendly garden and this was indeed...2 points
Great Bird Baths and Fountains: A Buyer's Guide
Give those birds a drink! Let my recommendations help you find the right bath or fountain. You can spend just a few bucks, or get a deluxe solar-powered fountain.Birds need water as much as food. You can have a basic bath, or go beyond by adding drippers, misters, or waterfalls.Adding the sound of t...2 points
Carolina Wren's Nest
The little brown Carolina Wren pair with their perky tails and loud voice builds a nest somewhere around our house each year. This year we photographed their nest in the hanging basket on the porch. This lens contains information about Carolina Wrens and lots of photographs of their nest and babies.2 points
The Cardinal's Nest
Every bird-watcher and most children recognize the male Northern Cardinal, but many people know nothing about its nesting and courtship habits. Through the years, we have been able to observe and photograph most of the mating behavior of our beautiful Northern Cardinal. This lens should give you som...2 points
Hummingbird Gardening
Who wouldn't want to attract hummingbirds, nature's flying jewels, to their yard? Hummingbird feeders will help bring them into view, but to really sustain them it is necessary to plant for them. Planting a Hummingbird Garden full of nectar rich flowering plants will also attract butterflies and oth...2 points
Prothonotary Warblers
A small golden yellow bird with blue gray wings darts across the creek. its clear, high, metallic rising 'tsweet tsweet tsweet tsweet tsweet' song rings out through the forest. It lands and picks a clump of green moss, then flies to the hole in a nearby tree. 'What is that lovely bird?', you may ask...2 points
How to Build a Bluebird Trail
Lawrence Zeleny's book, the Bluebird How You Can Help Its Fight for Survival, alerted the public about the peril of our native Bluebirds. Now people all over North America are building and maintaining Bluebird Trails. Anyone can start their own trail right in their own back yard with a single, well...2 points
Carolina Chickadees
Carolina Chickadees are great little cavity nesting birds. They are permanent residents in the Eastern United States and coexist well with humans since they love sunflower seeds and suet. Chickadees are very under rated and everyone should take more notice of these interesting and intelligent little...2 points
Western Bluebirds
A Western Bluebird pair on a nest box at the Tualatin River National Wildlife Refuge. The nest boxes are setup and maintained by volunteers and researchers with the Prescott Bluebird Recovery Project.2 points
Birds Flying into Windows - Bird Window Decals to Keep Birds From Crashing into Windows
Good article on keeping birds from flying into windoes1 point
Garden Gadgets Headquarters
Garden GadgetsGardening is a great hobby, one of the most popular. While being in close contact with nature is much of the attraction, the desire to tinker and try something new infects many of us. This group looks at some of these tools and toys.1 point
Purple Martin House Diary Tennessee
I have created this lens as a diary to chronicle four Purple Martin houses in middle Tennessee. I will share photos, daily happenings, and information in hopes of encouraging others to become Purple Martin landlords.The Purple Martin is the largest member of the swallow family and the only Martin to...1 point
Birds in Wood
Birds in Wood hosts the fine, hand-crafted artwork of Jim Maas. View pictures of his award-winning carvings, information about bird species and purchase some of this beautiful and valuable artwork.0 points
Pheasant Wall Mounts-Duck Wall Mounts-Goose Wall Mounts
Are waterfowl wall mounts captures the stunning waterfowl in great detail from the distinct wing span this beautiful wall mount is sure to please any waterfowl or wildlife enthusiast0 points
Bluebirds on our Farm
Learn more about the Farm where our Bluebirds Live
The Bluebirds are in the Four Wheeler's Online Unit Study Directory
Thank you to the Four Wheelers for including
Bluebirds of the Meadow in their Online Unit Study Directory.
- Internet Directory of Unit Studies
- The Four Wheelers Internet Directory of Unit Studies contains a list, roughly arranged by subject, of links to unit studies that are published on the Internet.
Stone Soup Homeschooling
Stone Soup Homeschooling Online Unit Study Directory
Unit Studies: Stone Soup Homeschool Resources - Stone Soup Homeschool Resources
This database contains a list, roughly arranged by subject, of links to unit studies that are published on the internet. It includes a link to this Bluebirds of the Meadow Unit Study.0 points
Look Who's Talking about Bluebirds
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- IkmalFadzil
- She doesn't reply it. :) Oh well, she hates me. Goodnight cruel world! Goodnight bluebirds :)
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- FKRISHMI
- @kopi_ziedowt hehe sape lagi rakan rakan ade bluebirds ni ? aku kekurangan rakan
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- drewiemike59
- @CharlieCW I sympathise Charl, you should follow the Bluebirds!! Keep the faith chick
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- juju_fonseca
- Somewhere over the rainbow Bluebirds fly And the dreams That you've dreamed of Dreams really do come true (8)
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- izfreakincrow
- They'll be bluebirds over the white cliffs of Dover http://t.co/CjHrWslP
Do bluebirds come to your home?
Do you have bluebird houses along your fenceline?
Tell us all about your experiences trying to attract bluebirds to your yard.
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Steve_Kaye
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- Thanks to the Southern California Bluebird Club we now have Western Bluebirds in Southern California. They put out and manage nest boxes.
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JziE Mar 26, 2012 @ 12:47 am | delete
- WOW. this is great stuff and a beautiful presentation
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RenaissanceWoman2010
Mar 20, 2012 @ 11:34 am | delete
- Fantastic learning opportunities. Thank you for another fabulous collection of instructional resources. I am so ready for my bluebirds to return for nesting season. Who wouldn't love to immerse themselves in these activities? It's hard to resist a wondrous bluebird teachable moment. Appreciated!
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- Really enjoyed your beautiful lens
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efriedman
Jul 11, 2011 @ 12:53 pm | delete
- Bluebirds have been rare visitors each place I've lived. This is another excellent lens with exercises that engage children with nature. I love the idea of counting birds or recording when they arrive. Well done! I will feature this lens on Brown Pelicans and on Action Origami Easy Paper Pelican.
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lindarandall Feb 15, 2011 @ 1:12 am | delete
- i like taking photos and filming geese. my parents taught me that if geese fly overhead it's good luck :) blog rollin ur lenses with mine ;)
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wildewoodwitch
Jan 8, 2011 @ 9:09 am | delete
- i enjoyed the info very much we always have lots of bluebirds at my home i always make sure to have plenty of houses for them i will put you on my lists
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reasonablerobinson
Oct 29, 2010 @ 3:32 pm | delete
- Its an interesting fact but we don't have bluebirds in the UK, even though Vera Lynn sang about bluebirds over the white cliffs of Dover. The song was penned by an American. We do have a small bird called the Blue Tit though.
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lemonsqueezy
Oct 21, 2010 @ 7:13 am | delete
- Bravo again! I don't homeschool but I do have three children and I always love to read your lenses. I am lensrolling this to several of my bird lenses. We have the Bluebird's Nest book and it is wonderful! Great lens!
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JoyfulPamela
Mar 24, 2010 @ 7:07 am | delete
- This one really "blew / blue" me away!! :)
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Bibalù
Dec 20, 2009 @ 5:53 am | delete
- Look at this nice lullaby: http://www.bibalu.com/lullabies/somewhere-over-the-rainbow/ ;)
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ElizabethJeanAllen
Dec 7, 2009 @ 4:32 am | delete
- Great lens! The Eastern Bluebird is my favorite bird.
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Evelyn_Saenz
Dec 7, 2009 @ 7:45 am | delete
- Bluebirds are one of my favorite birds as well. Thank you so much for stopping by.
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Evelyn_Saenz
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- Thank you SquidAngel.
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Heather426
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- You make incredible lenses and this one is ~blessed by a squid angel~today.
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ChapelHillFiddler
Aug 17, 2009 @ 5:50 am | delete
- What a great lens! I love bluebirds. Sometimes there are three batches of babies in one season in our very popular bluebird house! Glad I found you.
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- Evelyn, you always give so much and your lenses are all beautiful! 5* and favorite, lensroll
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marsha32 Mar 9, 2009 @ 9:25 pm | delete
- a very sweet, neat and comprehensive lens!
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- I really like your Lens! 5* in my book.
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- Hey Evelyn -
Love this page!
Here's an article on my green-talk blog and wondered what you thought about it.
here's the link: http://greentalk2.ning.com/profiles/blogs/artificial-cavities-a-personal
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