Things You'll Need:
- Bird house
- Bird feeder
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Step 1
Prepare a safe habitat area by excluding any cats, including your own, your neighbor's, or free-roaming felines. Cats are notorious killers of songbirds, and you wouldn't want to inadvertently set a mountain bluebird deathtrap.
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Step 2
Start with a nest box placed far enough off the ground to elude predators (bluebirds in the wild will select tree cavities two to 50 feet off the ground). If you're lucky, a mountain bluebird might builds its nest inside with grasses, aspen bark, pine needles, shreds of sage, feathers or hair.
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Step 3
Because bluebirds are primarily insectivorous, consider maintaining a yard with a natural diversity of insects. Insect-pollinated, flowering plants that are native to your area may help. In the least, plant a variety of shrubs and flowers, and avoid the use of pesticides and other chemicals that may disrupt the food chain.
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Step 4
Stock your feeders with the treats most popular with all the bluebird species: peanut butter mixes, berries, mealworms and raisins.
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Step 5
Keep your binoculars handy and tune your ears to short sequences of the "chur" sounds and rattles which comprise the bluebird's call.













