There is just something so special about Eastern Bluebirds for me. Gentle, industrious and very diligent parents. Two years ago I put up two Bluebird nest boxes in late February and for 2 years now have had a family raise their young successfully. Last year we had 7 fledglings. The year before 8. It was wonderful to see the family raise their young and every evening since then the whole family comes to our house to enjoy an evening bath in our bird baths.Please excuse the blurry photos – they were taken through a window.

On Sunday I saw them take a bath in our tree birdbath in the warm afternoon sun. The other local birds wanted to get in on the bathing too!