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Do bluebirds come to your home?

Do you have bluebird houses along your fenceline?

From the lens Bluebirds of the Meadow.

Tell us all about your experiences trying to attract bluebirds to your yard.

  • Steve_Kaye May 2, 2012 @ 3:45 pm | delete
    Thanks to the Southern California Bluebird Club we now have Western Bluebirds in Southern California. They put out and manage nest boxes.
  • JziE Mar 26, 2012 @ 12:47 am | delete
    WOW. this is great stuff and a beautiful presentation
  • 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!
  • aLundy Sep 10, 2011 @ 6:34 am | delete
    Really enjoyed your beautiful lens
  • 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.
  • 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 ;)
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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!
  • JoyfulPamela Mar 24, 2010 @ 7:07 am | delete
    This one really "blew / blue" me away!! :)
  • Bibalù Dec 20, 2009 @ 5:53 am | delete
    Look at this nice lullaby: http://www.bibalu.com/lullabies/somewhere-over-the-rainbow/ ;)
  • ElizabethJeanAllen Dec 7, 2009 @ 4:32 am | delete
    Great lens! The Eastern Bluebird is my favorite bird.
  • 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.
  • Evelyn_Saenz Oct 25, 2009 @ 2:32 pm | delete
    Thank you SquidAngel.
  • Heather426 Oct 25, 2009 @ 1:47 pm | delete
    You make incredible lenses and this one is ~blessed by a squid angel~today.
  • 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.
  • Heather426 May 23, 2009 @ 5:43 pm | delete
    Evelyn, you always give so much and your lenses are all beautiful! 5* and favorite, lensroll
  • marsha32 Mar 9, 2009 @ 9:25 pm | delete
    a very sweet, neat and comprehensive lens!
  • Redrod Mar 9, 2009 @ 8:48 pm | delete
    I really like your Lens! 5* in my book.
  • G.L.Freeman Mar 9, 2009 @ 8:11 am | delete
    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
  • HorseAndPony Feb 16, 2009 @ 10:43 pm | delete
    Wow! What great ideas. You are a 5* for us. Welcome to the Backyard Birding group.
  • Jimmie Feb 3, 2009 @ 1:21 am | delete
    Double WOW! The tiny bluebird has been honored with such a lengthy lens!
  • QueSea Feb 2, 2009 @ 8:31 pm | delete
    Superb!
  • Rewards4life Feb 2, 2009 @ 7:53 am | delete
    Lovely lens! 5* and fav for you!
  • mulberry Dec 22, 2008 @ 10:01 am | delete
    I think this one ranks as one of my favorites!
  • lakeerieartists Nov 3, 2008 @ 7:29 pm | delete
    Beautiful as usual.
  • Lisa_Jo Oct 31, 2008 @ 8:09 pm | delete
    Wow, what a fantastic lens! So much information and presented in such a great way. You've outdone yourself with this one. 5 starts and a Digg!
  • funwithtrains Oct 30, 2008 @ 10:46 pm | delete
    Another great lens by you!
  • naturegirl7 Oct 26, 2008 @ 3:35 pm | delete
    Welcome to the Naturally Native Squids group. Don't forget to add your lens links to the appropriate plexos and vote for them.
  • Margo_Arrowsmith Sep 28, 2008 @ 7:34 am | delete
    Once a bird food store owner told me that bluebirds trust people that they know around their nests. This is because the biggest danger to their eggs and young are snakes, and they know that when humans (the ones they know) are around they know that the snakes will stay away.

    He said they think of the bird food owner as "Aunt or Uncle"
  • Jewelsofawe Sep 20, 2008 @ 2:51 pm | delete
    Great lens. So full of great stuff! 5*
  • The_Homeopath Sep 19, 2008 @ 10:26 pm | delete
    Oh how fun! A few months ago I had a treasury page on Etsy based around the bluebird of happiness!
  • heipet Jun 3, 2008 @ 11:55 am | delete
    Hi Evelyn, congratulations on making it into the Top Ten with two of your lenses! Well deserved!
    Squid's Choice Awards Lens Nominations for the Month of May - This Month's Theme: Things With Wings
    heipet - SUMMER Groupmaster
  • jasmineann May 29, 2008 @ 8:00 am | delete
    Lovely and educational lens. Your committment to teaching and helping children to learn really shines through. So wonderful when children and all of us appreciate nature. 5 stars and lensrolling to "our nesting blackbirds" :)
  • heipet May 26, 2008 @ 9:57 pm | delete
    I have nominated this lens for "Squidoo's Top 10 Favorite Lens Nominations for the Month of May -
    This Month's Theme Is: Things With Wings"!
    Everybody who admires this lens please go there and VOTE!
  • naturegirl7 May 18, 2008 @ 8:11 pm | delete
    Great lens, 5 stars, favorite and a lensroll to How to Build a Bluebird Trail.
  • ElizabethJeanAllen May 16, 2008 @ 4:21 am | delete
    Great lens! I love to see science projects and activities geared for younger students. They help develop a love of learning that will last a lifetime.
    5 stars
    Liz
  • triathlontraining May 9, 2008 @ 11:58 pm | delete
    Very informative! Thank you. :)
    5*
  • GypsyOwl May 6, 2008 @ 3:27 am | delete
    5 stars, favorite, and I lensrolled this to my How to Create a Butterfly Garden lens. IN JOY, GypsyOwl
  • Becca_Sanz Apr 26, 2008 @ 5:39 am | delete
    Your lens is very informative. Staying healthy is very important. I hope you will support movement to promote Healthy Food on college campuses.
  • kiwisoutback Apr 11, 2008 @ 9:54 am | delete
    Wow, excellent lens, the projects look really fun. We have some bluebirds occasionally on our suet feeder. Thanks for joining the Wild Birds Group!
  • Graceonline Mar 24, 2008 @ 9:18 pm | delete
    Evelyn, you build the most wonderful lenses. What a great resource this is. I love that you spend as much or more time on ways to teach the science as you do on stories that anthropomorphize the animals. (What do you think about that, anyway? I know it can be a good teaching tool as well.) I can't wait to see my little granddaughter again and make some wings for her.
  • rwoman Mar 21, 2008 @ 2:18 pm | delete
    Wonderful lens! If you need some inspiration check out my lens.
  • Tiddledeewinks Mar 20, 2008 @ 1:04 pm | delete
    Wow~ another wonderful and educational lens! 5*'s for sure!Thanks for the "nest" recipe in time for Easter, (I'll be making them with my kids). And I LOVE that art of the bird mail! My daughter raised baby chicks when she was young and sold fresh eggs at about 8 years old. Now she and my teen boys have over 100 chickens as pets with names!
  • steveffeo Mar 18, 2008 @ 6:27 pm | delete
    Amazing amount of detailed info, greatttt job, I have lots of bluebirds they seem to only like one family of birds in a yard, perhaps they are all waiting for this year
    Garden :):)
  • Evelyn_Saenz Mar 17, 2008 @ 12:42 pm | delete
    Elizabeth Jean makes a point that I have tried to express in maybe too subtle a way and that is that children of all ages, adults as well, learn better when using all their senses and are actively involved in their learning. You can't beat a hands-on approach for bringing excitement to learning any subject.
  • ElizabethJeanAllen Mar 17, 2008 @ 11:35 am | delete
    I am a high school science teacher. While most of the stuff on your lens is geared toward the younger croud, there are some projects and activities that I can adapt to the high school classroom.
    Thanks!
  • jeffwend Mar 17, 2008 @ 12:48 am | delete
    Another great lens, I really appreciate the work you put into them. I have always loved birds, in fact, bird was my first word.
  • Stephene Mar 16, 2008 @ 11:25 am | delete
    thks for useful information.. i like your lense very much.. i hv bookmarked this lense and joined your fan club.. (^o^)
  • maxy Mar 4, 2008 @ 4:19 am | delete
    Great lens, creative and informative! Please check out my phone card lens!
  • eccles1 Mar 1, 2008 @ 2:08 am | delete
    great job !
  • Becca_Sanz Feb 15, 2008 @ 8:51 am | delete
    Thank you for sending me your Squidcast. Your lenses are always a joy to read. I hope you will support movement to promote Healthy Food on college campuses.
  • awelldressedbullet Jan 24, 2008 @ 7:29 am | delete
    What a great lens with lots of interesting information! Well Done. Thank you for dropping by and lensrolling our Wild Rice lens. - Kathy
  • flicker Dec 24, 2007 @ 10:24 am | delete
    Wonderful lens, Evelyn! I can figure out which section I like best.
  • JJ37 Oct 26, 2007 @ 7:25 am | delete
    Your learning activities offer much hands-on variety for the children! Thanks for adding my lens Create a Backyard Habitat – a Hobby for the Whole Family to your "More great lenses" list. Visit often, I have many more photos to add.
  • K.Samuel-Stevens Oct 4, 2007 @ 11:00 pm | delete
    Beautiful lens. I will be using some of the informaton you have provided. Great job!
  • groovyoldlady Oct 1, 2007 @ 1:55 pm | delete
    Niiiiiiiice!
  • safa40 Sep 28, 2007 @ 9:32 am | delete
    Great lens, lots of good info! safa40 squidoo.com/somebodybook
  • gods_grace_notes Sep 27, 2007 @ 10:08 pm | delete
    Hi Evelyn! You've written another wonderful unit study! I love bluebirds...I've always loved watching them; especially when they hang out with cardinals. There's nothing prettier than their splashes of red
  • Eevee Sep 27, 2007 @ 10:06 pm | delete
    Great lens! How do you come up with such great ideas? I also love the Sea Birds Chessmen. I wonder if they will make Woodland Creatures Chessmen.

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