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New neighbors: the bluebirds out back

An Eastern bluebird peeks out of the entry hole of a carved wooden bird house that has to eyes to make its front look like a human face.

One male Eastern bluebird stopped by one of our backyard bird boxes on Wednesday, taking a look inside the entry hole that gnawing squirrels enlarged over the past couple of years. On Thursday evening, I spotted a male perched on the chain to our hammock near the bird house. Then — mirabile dictu — aContinue reading “New neighbors: the bluebirds out back”