Date: 6/5/26 9:48 am From: John Barth -he, him- <johnb.essay09...> Subject: Re: [NHBirds] Bluebirds Teach Their Teenagers About Self Sufficiency
Then there's this Bluebird dad serving up a juicy caterpillar on our patio
table. :)
On Fri, Jun 5, 2026 at 11:09 AM jennifer Frost <jennfrost67...>
wrote:
> My fledglings are being lazy,parents leading to mealworm feeder and
> stuffing them with dried mealworms! I would think a juicy caterpillar would
> be more nutritional and easier to swallow!
>
> On Fri, Jun 5, 2026 at 7:08 AM Alfred Maley <alfredmaley...> wrote:
>
>> Five young bluebirds have been chasing their parents around the yard for
>> about ten days now, begging constantly for food. Mrs. Bluebird has now
>> shown them how to feed themselves, on white pine sawfly larvae.
>>
>> Our driveway lies below several big white pine trees from which fall
>> hundreds of white pine sawfly larvae each year at the time. They are so
>> small that if they fall in the grass they are invisible. But on the
>> driveway they are eagerly sought out by catbirds, robins, chipping sparrows
>> and bluebirds. Yesterday Mrs. Bluebird calmly flew down to the driveway,
>> ignoring all her children, and began to scarf up larvae. One by one the
>> youngsters flew down to the driveway, stopped complaining and began to pick
>> up these tasty morsels. Soon there were seven bluebirds darting hither and
>> yon on the driveway and peace and quiet had returned.
>>
>> Al Maley
>> Hampstead, NH
>>
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