Bird Watching: Bluebird thread #11, 1 by 2dCousinDave

2dCousinDave wrote:
A lot of people are opposed to feeding the BBs mealworms all the time, arguing that they are diet-deficient and that the birds become dependent on them. I am not convinced about the diet part and I think I disagree with the dependency argument. I think the birds take them when they cant find food. But in summer, especially when it is hot, as it is now (95 to 100 degrees all week), the blues often pass up the mealworms. And they instinctively know what to feed their babies. Today it is spiders.

Here are a couple of shots of the adults bringing food to the nestlings. First, Papa