Bluebirds in BR

Had a few pair around my house early in the summer until maybe 1st of July. Then they disappeared.

they're usually all over the meal worms i put in the feeder, but mid summer they just quit coming

In NE Lafayette out in the country our 4 blue bird boxes on the pasture fences are always used. Like purple Martina they like the grass and weeds low around the base. But the will use a good bluebird box as well as a wood duck will use a good wood duck box. Love bluebirds.

Maybe they moved up here in NW Arkansas. Each afternoon there are around 20 of them in my two birdbaths this time of the year. I have to refill the birdbaths twice a day sometimes.

There was one brood hatched this year in their birdhouse.

Had 2 broods in early and mid summer and haven't seen them since

blue jays are still here, just no bluebirds

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The Audubon bird guide says the are resident to this area, but mine damn sure disappear during the winter.

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They are likely just shifting the area they use during the winter. Many species are year-round residents, but will shift the specific areas they use based on the season. Wood ducks do it in some areas, largely due to hunting pressure. Robins are a great example. They live here year round, but tend to be more woodland species until certain times of the year when those familiar flocks will converge on yards.

Titmice seem to be another bird that shift patterns by season. We rarely see them from late spring to early fall, but from late fall to early spring, they are frequent visitors to our feeders.

They are seen year round in much of Louisiana, but that does not mean that they nest all year. Their diets and seasonal behaviors move them into the edges of fields rather than in the houses that you provide during Fall and Winter months. If you watch the edges carefully, you will likely see them.

I saw bluebirds yesterday, but I am in NW Florida. When it is hot, you see them in the birdbaths a lot.