The little Bluebirds

On Thursday after lunch, we got a wonderful and really inspiring presentation from Harry Schmeider about Bluebirds, who likes them a lot! As a small child, he began to love the nature and enjoyed watching birds, as he told us. At first he started explaining us the 3 different kinds of the American Bluebird – the Mountain, the Western, and the Eastern Bluebirds. He especially said a lot of facts about the Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis).It lives in the Pennsylvania region and has a red back, a red chest, and a white stomach. The top of many interesting facts was the “Bluebird-dance” (which Harry tried to show us ;) ). It was so funny! This dance is made by the male birds to call the attention of their ‘own birdhouse’ for the female birds. If this dance was successful the female birds start to build the nests into the birdhouses which they choose. This house has to be safe against raccoons and other animals, therefore the predator guard was invented. Through this safety the small family can grow up and become a big one from 7 up to 9 members. But Harry didn’t just teach us details about Eastern Bluebirds, his biggest wish was that we learned how to treasure the nature.                                                                             

So in the end it was an impressive speech about the little Bluebirds. I think we all had great fun!
 

The different eggs of the Bluebirds

The Birdhouse with the predator guard

Harry and us