It’s a colorful sign of spring when mountain bluebirds return to Big Sky Country. This tiny member of the thrush family has two relatives named for where they live, the western and eastern bluebird.

Soon, but not as soon as I’d hoped, it was over the ridge and up Joel’s steep drive, bluebird boxes lining either side of the road. The Yoder’s small homestead was wedged between two deeply ...

I was thrilled. I don’t recall ever having seen a bluebird. Kaori said two bluebird nest boxes were set up in their yard years ago by a friend, Don Morse. “For a long time the nest in the yard ...

Eastern bluebirds are cavity nesters. Females typically build nests in natural cavities like old woodpecker tree holes. Pairs raise two to three broods in the spring and early summer. Since 1982 ...