What is the bluebird project?
Bluebirds Project One of our loveliest North American songbirds is the Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis). Unfortunately, they have been greatly reduced in numbers. Bluebird populations declined by an estimated 90% from 1920-1970. Bluebirds were hurt by competition from introduced species (House Sparrows and starlings). Increased pesticide use also hurt many insect eating songbirds. Bluebirds have also struggled to survive due to a loss of nesting sites and open space habitat. Bluebirds are cavity nesters. Unlike their cousins the American robin, who will nest in a bush, the bluebird uses abandoned woodpecker holes or natural cavities in dying trees. Bluebirds can’t excavate their own holes. People often cut down the dead trees. Happily, bluebirds have adapted to using nesting boxes. Bluebirds need an open, grassy habitat. They need places to perch like trees and bushes or a clothesline. They perch to hunt the ground for grubs, grasshoppers and caterpillars. The campuses of schools, comm
