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The N. C. Bluebird Society, Inc. is a non-profit organization dedicated to ensuring the future of the Eastern Bluebird and other cavity-nesting birds native to North Carolina.

Visit our website at www.ncbluebird.com

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  1. buddy dog Says:
    November 18, 2007 at 10:16 am

    Should the nest be left in the bird house after the nesting season? Most sources say to remove near the end of October, but others say some birds like a previous nest. I noticed the bluebirds returning to the bird house just recently. I had removed the nest. I assume the nest should be left if the weather is unusually warm.

  2. Sheila Fredette Says:
    March 27, 2008 at 7:07 pm

    Help,
    I have house sparrows that are discouraging any and all bluebirds. I found a female sitting in the nest cup with a dead male up and behind her last week. I have been distroying the sparrow nests but I didn’t get any bluebirds last year. One pair layed 2 eggs and one time when I looked in the box they were gone.

    Thank you for your help

  3. Mary Chris Griffin Says:
    May 14, 2008 at 3:14 pm

    I have had bluebirds nesting on my deck, five feet from my living room windows for four years. This year, a neighbor insisted that a portion of the woods and underbursh behind our townhouses be cut down to give her more room to walk her dog. This was totally unnecessary, since she already had acres. The area they ruined is small, but it was ruined right when the bluebirds would have been courting and choosing a nesting box. I have not seen a single bluebird since the habitat was destroyed.

    How can it get my bluebird family back?

  4. Dave Heiser Says:
    June 12, 2008 at 10:51 am

    Very helpful information! I had not thought about the mites as a problem.

    Just yesterday, three of the five eggs in our nestbox hatched okay, but there are still two left unhatched this morning. Are the remaining eggs in trouble or just slow to hatch? All five in our last brood hatched on the same day.

    http://blogs.wncn.info/dheiser/

  5. ncbluebirdsociety Says:
    June 23, 2008 at 7:48 am

    My apologies for not answering these before hand. I am just learning how to get into this blog and I am not sure that I am doing it right.
    1. To Dave Heiser - Wow what wonderful pictures and text. All the eggs should hatch on the same day. My guess is the two will not hatch. Otherwise, the first hatched would be larger and get all the food.
    2. To Mary Chris Griffin - I grieve for the loss of habitat. However, it may turn out that the cleared area will entice the bluebirds back. Try putting out mealworms or Winter Pudding (No Melt Suet). They are under “Feeding Bluebirds” on the website.
    3. Sheila Fredette- English House Sparrows are not protected because they are not native birds. I have been told that you need to remove their sticks in the nest boxes as many as eight times before they move on.
    4. Sheila Fredette- Leaving or removing the nest is a personal choice. I remove it because if I were a bluebird, I would want a clean nest. Building on an old nest does take less material, but I have found that this often brings the new nest so high in the nest box that the babies are too close to the entrance hole and that cats and raccoons do not have to reach in as far.

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