From away to garden.com and Robinhood Radio.com, this is Away to Garden with Margaret Roach.

You're a weekly invitation to dig in and grow.

The site of Eastern Bluebirds rates high on my happiness scale, so I say, bring them on.

But what makes a place look like inviting habitat to these charismatic birds, encouraging them to maybe stick around during breeding season.

And if your site meets with their approval and a pair perhaps shacks up in a

nest box you provided, how can you then be a good Bluebird Landlord?

Those and other Bluebird centric questions are today's topic with expert

Berder Julie Zikapus so more in a moment, but

first these messages.

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Julie Zikapus is a writer, artist, naturalist and wildlife rehabilitator who lives on an

80-acre wildlife sanctuary in Appalachian foothills of Ohio.

She's a contributor to BWD magazine, formerly Birdwatch's Digestest and is also the author and illustrator of multiple books,

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