Bluebirds of Jonesboro have rebounded!
2024 was a busy season to say the least because the population not only rebounded (see numbers below) and was back to 2017-2020 levels...
Bluebirds are on the rise...
This season, I was glad to have two helpers because bluebirds are on the rise again, although they have not yet fully bounced back (see...
A leucistic bluebird in a healthier population
Last year was dreadful as we had lost about 90% of the population and only a little more than a dozen pairs survived to reproduce. This...
A lethal snowstorm
Arkansas experienced a record snowstorm in February 2021 with more snow, longer, and below-freezing temperatures for over a week. With...
Monitoring during a pandemic
Bluebirds did not go into quarantine! This year, we almost tied our 2017 record with 676 chicks reaching day 13. We had to make some...
2019 Nesting season summary
2019 was not a new record year, but remains among the top productive years with 589 chicks reaching day 13. Snakes seemed to have come...
Egg kaleidoscope
In just a few weeks, I have seen various odd and mixed-color clutches. First, we have the rare clutch of pink eggs. This one got...
2018 Nesting season summary
2018 was not a new record year, but remains among the top productive years with 571 chicks reaching day 13. Although data still need to...
A 6-year record productivity
We were sad that our oldest male did not come back this year. However, this 2017 nesting season, which has come to an end this past...
A productive season
This season has been relatively productive but has not broken the record of 2013. However, we did record 4 successful clutches from 2...
