Here is the late season BB report from Hills Quarters.
Tom Teeples was a driving force in setting up this wonderful Bluebird Trail.
Three more boxes fledged this week to put us over the 200 mark. There is still
one active box. There are 4 young BBs that are 7 days old.
Here are the details. BB=bluebirds, CC=Carolina chickadee:
Bluebird young....................................4.
BB fledged:..........................................9.
Total BB fledged for season..............201
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Total CC fledged for season.................4.
Food
Insects
Insects caught on the ground are a bluebird’s main food for much of the year.
Major prey include caterpillars, beetles crickets, grasshoppers, and spiders.
In fall and winter, bluebirds eat large amounts of fruit including mistletoe,
sumac, blueberries, black cherry, tupelo, currants, wild holly, dogwood
berries, hackberries, honeysuckle, bay, pokeweed, and juniper berries. Rarely,
Eastern Bluebirds have been recorded eating salamanders, shrews, snakes,
lizards, and tree frogs.
