LOL I love puns. I love gardening. I love puns about all things related to gardening. Thanks, wise 1

Ah, that's it Rosie. Mine looks very much like the picture marked Illustration and less like the actual photographs. It's the only bird I've seen so far that hops around in the garden among the plants picking away at the ground. And it is the size of a full grown robin. It doesn't seem to have a partner. It's the only one I've ever seen. Doesn't come around until evening either. Hank

I'm so sorry for you loss, bluesoblue. It still isn't too late to give up on them for this year. Make sure you do put your boxes on electric conduit, however you don't necessarily need to hang them higher; I'd stay within 5-10 feet. If predators such as snakes, raccoons, etc are common around you (or even if they aren't), be sure to put up a predator baffle on the pole (the wobbling design) --> http://sialis.org/baffle.htm About the feeder: you could try investing in a jailhouse mealworm feeder, which is designed to keep bigger birds such as robins, mocking birds, and starlings out, while allowing bluebirds to get inside the feeder. There are also wooden and glass designs that have holes on either end for blues to enter and exit. -->http://sialis.org/feeder.htm If the house that was attacked is the only house you have, I would relocate it some (clean it too), because bluebirds often don't return to an attacked nesting site. Of course if you suspect sparrows or wrens, you can try a sparrow spooker and/or a wren guard. Best of luck.

Not for me, I'm afraid. I felt dizzy and uncomfortable just looking at the pictures, as though I were going to fall off a cliff. Those stairs looked pretty treacherous to me. I do like floor to ceiling bookcases, and have seen pictures of stairwell bookcases that I admired. But those ones would have me constantly off balance. Rosefolly