All posts in Bluebird Feeding & Diet

The single biggest misconception new bluebird hosts have is assuming a bag of standard birdseed will bring bluebirds to the yard. It won’t. Bluebirds are insectivores first and fruit-eaters second — seed barely registers in their natural diet, and understanding that distinction is the key…

Mealworms are, without much competition, the single most effective food for attracting bluebirds to a feeder. But “mealworms” isn’t one product — live and dried versions behave very differently, and the choice between them affects everything from cost to how quickly bluebirds discover and return…

Feeding bluebirds successfully has almost nothing to do with a typical backyard feeder setup. Because bluebirds don’t eat seed and aren’t strong clinging birds like finches or chickadees, most standard hanging tube or hopper feeders simply don’t work for them — the food is wrong…