Bird Watching: So excited! Bluebird!, 1 by jenhillphoto

jenhillphoto wrote:
Hey! He came back again today. I quick went and got out the worms and fed him. I don't have a platform to feed him on yet and he didn't want the bowl on the ground yesterday. So today I served him some worms on a terra-cotta saucer on top of the birdhouse. He went for it! But only after I was inside watching from the window. He's not comfortable with me being out there near him. Well, not to be outdone, Mr. Wren came along too and chowed down on the worms.

My husband thinks the solution is to build another box, but then, I'd have to put it somewhere away from the current box. Not sure I'd get to see the bluebirds if they did take up residence since they won't come around unless I'm inside the house. What to do?

Edited to say, when I went through my photos again from yesterday, I saw that I had taken a photo when he came out of the box with something in his beak, it was a twig. So I took out the wren's twigs yesterday evening. Woke up this morning and heard the wren singing outside. Looked out the window and sure enough, his little face was looking out the hole of the box. I checked inside the box again and he had twigs back in there. I feel bad to take them out again. He's kind of endearing. But from what I've read, he will run the bluebirds off, just for spite, not for need of a nesting spot. I can't believe a bluebird would be afraid of such a tiny little thing.

This message was edited May 2, 2007 4:49 PM