{"id":2478,"date":"2016-05-28T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-05-28T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/birdhousesupply.com\/?p=2478"},"modified":"2017-05-19T19:36:57","modified_gmt":"2017-05-19T19:36:57","slug":"15-facts-about-bluebirds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/birdhousesupply.com\/blog\/15-facts-about-bluebirds\/","title":{"rendered":"15 Facts about Bluebirds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bluebirds are a fascinating little song bird. With their beautiful melodies and friendly nesting habits, they are a welcome addition to many backyard and rural landscapes. Here are a few facts about Bluebirds and their habits you might not know:<\/p>\n<h2>Bluebird Facts<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bluebird nests are built by the female, usually in a cavity created by another bird or in an artificial\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/birdhousesupply.com\/birdhouse\/\"><span style=\"color: #548dd4;\">birdhouse<\/span><\/a>. Bluebirds have weak bill so they cannot carve out their own cavities.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2475\" src=\"https:\/\/birdhousesupply.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/eastern-bluebird-300x226.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"226\" srcset=\"https:\/\/birdhousesupply.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/eastern-bluebird-300x226.jpg 300w, https:\/\/birdhousesupply.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/eastern-bluebird-600x451.jpg 600w, https:\/\/birdhousesupply.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/eastern-bluebird-768x578.jpg 768w, https:\/\/birdhousesupply.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/eastern-bluebird-1024x770.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/birdhousesupply.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/eastern-bluebird-570x429.jpg 570w, https:\/\/birdhousesupply.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/eastern-bluebird.jpg 1577w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/li>\n<li>It takes two to five days of hard work for the nest to be completed.<\/li>\n<li>Bluebird nests are light and delicate&#8211;consisting of grasses, hair fibers, feathers and needles.<\/li>\n<li>The nests are built with a small, cap-like shape near the center to help hold eggs in place.<\/li>\n<li>Female Bluebirds lay four or five eggs at a time and incubate them for around two weeks.<\/li>\n<li>Young birds remain with their parents in the nest for an additional twenty days.<\/li>\n<li>Most Bluebirds have two nesting cycles in a season.<\/li>\n<li>The most dangerous parasite for these little birds are blowfly larva, which weaken nestlings and are sometimes fatal.<\/li>\n<li>Bluebirds have extremely thin skin. Pesticides are dangerous to them as a result.<\/li>\n<li>Bluebirds will sometimes partially clean their own nests.<\/li>\n<li>Bluebirds come and go while completing the nesting process. They do not stay constantly in one spot until nestlings are hatched.<\/li>\n<li>Males from a first brood will often come back to help feed the second brood.<\/li>\n<li>Swallows can be dangerous to Bluebirds, but they sometimes help feed the young Bluebirds too! They will help the small birds grow and then take over the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/birdhousesupply.com\/birdhouse\/\"><span style=\"color: #548dd4;\">nesting box<\/span>\u00a0<\/a>once the Bluebirds have fledged.<\/li>\n<li>Bluebirds are fruit and insect foragers, but they can be trained to use a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/birdhousesupply.com\/seed-tube-bird-feeders\/\">seed feeder<\/a> if it is kept near their birdhouse.<\/li>\n<li>Bluebirds and Blue Jays are often confused, but are two completely different species with little physical similarities. Blue Jays are considered pests by many, whereas Bluebirds are almost always welcome as delightful little song birds.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To begin attracting these enchanting little song birds to your yard, browse our selection of Bluebird products here:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/birdhousesupply.com\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/media.birdhousesupply.com\/shop-now-button2-1.png\" alt=\"Shop Now\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bluebirds are a fascinating little song bird. With their beautiful melodies and friendly nesting habits, they are a welcome addition to many backyard and rural landscapes. Here are a few facts about Bluebirds and their habits you might not know: Bluebird Facts &nbsp; Bluebird nests are built by the female, usually in a cavity created &#8230; <a title=\"15 Facts about Bluebirds\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/birdhousesupply.com\/blog\/15-facts-about-bluebirds\/\" aria-label=\"More on 15 Facts about Bluebirds\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2474,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[81],"tags":[100],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>15 Facts about Bluebirds &#8226; BirdHouseSupply.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Learn a few fascinating facts about Bluebirds and their nesting habits at BirdhouseSupply.com.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/birdhousesupply.com\/blog\/15-facts-about-bluebirds\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"15 Facts about Bluebirds &#8226; 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