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"Junior" Mountain Bluebird, following Dad around. Many of the bluebirds hang out at the cemetary, but there are bird houses all around the town and associated farms/ranches.
Bickleton, Washington is home to many lovely Bluebirds, and in fact is well knows as a Bluebird Capital. Folks there make and tend to perhaps hundreds of bluebird houses along Bluebird trails in this high altitude plateau country in Eastern Klickitat County.;
Adventure came my way on a lovely day in May with sunshine and thunderheads, wildflowers and quaint little towns. Bickleton Highway... it called me and I ran (and stopped a LOT) among the Eastern Klickitat County terrain that i know so little about. WHat a delightful surprise that was! I slept on a back road in my truck at about 2000 ft elevation I would guess, and by the time I got to the town of Bickleton I was at 3000 ft elevation and the storm that I had been chasing has dumped rain and hail on the streets just before I arrived in my little red truck. Lunch in the Bluebird Cafe was a delicious Salmon burger and salad, a perfect meal for the journey. After lunch and some more shooting around town and just outside, I wandered back home via a southern route that took me among many windmills at sunset and back down to the Gorge near Roosevelt. From there I took highway 14 back to White Salmon, tired and happy.
I am uploading mass images this time into a photo album of their own.
What do you suppose he's showing this little girl? Seems like it must be interesting!
This is the same little girl who mutton busted longer than anyone.
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Male Western Bluebird (Sialia mexicana) near Bickleton, Washington. www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Western_Bluebird/overview www.audubon.org/field-guide/bird/western-bluebird
Miniture furniture carved out of petrified wood by an unkown artist at the Woop 'N' Holler ranch museum in Bickleton.
Photo by Jens Lund.
Bickleton Carousel Museum. I paid admission and could have gotten a lovely detailed tour but decided I'd rather see wildlife (or at least, wildlife that wasn't taxidermies...) will have to plan to spend time there, if I ever go back for a longer period of time than an overnight stay (staying in Goldendale, which has some great wildlife nearby as well.) To quote their web site: "The Carousel Museum opened in May of 2007 to display and house the 24 horses and 4 carriages from our 1890-1906 Herschell-Spillman traveling track Carousel and house the history of Alder Creek Country. The museum has been gifted over 4800 historical items and artifacts that we use in our ever changing displays. In 2024 we are featuring Military, Churches in our area in 1900, Barb Wire Display, Wildlife of our Alder Creek area, Great Grandma’s Kitchen, 100+ years of Wheat Farming, Native American, Schools, Laundry, Brands, Tools, Music Room and much more. Our history room is ever expanding as we preserve the past for the future. Come see us!"
Male Mountain Bluebird near Bickleton, Washington. Bickleton is called The Bluebird Capital of the World. With a population of 90 people and thousands of bluebirds that spend most of the year in the area, the town likely deserves the title. The following information about the Bickleton bluebirds is posted at www.ourbetternature.org/bickletonwa.htm. Mountain and Western Bluebirds flock to Bickleton because of the Brinkerhoff family. In 1968, Jess and Elva Brinkerhoff took a day trip to Bickleton. They wanted to show their two young sons the spring profusion of wildflowers. While enjoying the scenery, they spotted a bluebird. Hoping to encourage it to stay, they retrieved a metal coffee can from the local dump, fashioned a rough birdhouse and nailed it to a tree. As they stood by and watched, two bluebirds moved in. The Brinkerhoffs were hooked. Over the next four decades, they and others installed an estimated 2,000 wooden bluebird houses in and around the town. Each year, a Bickleton “bluebird brigade” of residents, farmers, and school children volunteer to build, repair, paint and clean out the boxes.
The House Sparrow is native to most of Europe, the Mediterranean region, and much of Asia. Its intentional or accidental introductions to many regions, including parts of Australia, Africa, and the Americas, make it the most widely distributed wild bird.
Bickleton, Washington, is called The Bluebird Capital of the World. With a population of 90 people and thousands of bluebirds that spend most of the year in the area, Bickleton likely deserves the title. The following information about the Bickletom bluebirds is posted at www.ourbetternature.org/bickletonwa.htm. Mountain and Western Bluebirds flock to Bickleton because of the Brinkerhoff family. In 1968, Jess and Elva Brinkerhoff took a day trip to Bickleton. They wanted to show their two young sons the spring profusion of wildflowers. While enjoying the scenery, they spotted a bluebird. Hoping to encourage it to stay, they retrieved a metal coffee can from the local dump, fashioned a rough birdhouse and nailed it to a tree. As they stood by and watched, two bluebirds moved in. The Brinkerhoffs were hooked. Over the next four decades, they and others installed an estimated 2,000 wooden bluebird houses in and around the town. Each year, a Bickleton “bluebird brigade” of residents, farmers, and school children volunteer to build, repair, paint and clean out the boxes.
Female Mountain Bluebird near Bickleton, Washington. Bickleton is called The Bluebird Capital of the World. With a population of 90 people and thousands of bluebirds that spend most of the year in the area, the town likely deserves the title. The following information about the Bickleton bluebirds is posted at www.ourbetternature.org/bickletonwa.htm. Mountain and Western Bluebirds flock to Bickleton because of the Brinkerhoff family. In 1968, Jess and Elva Brinkerhoff took a day trip to Bickleton. They wanted to show their two young sons the spring profusion of wildflowers. While enjoying the scenery, they spotted a bluebird. Hoping to encourage it to stay, they retrieved a metal coffee can from the local dump, fashioned a rough birdhouse and nailed it to a tree. As they stood by and watched, two bluebirds moved in. The Brinkerhoffs were hooked. Over the next four decades, they and others installed an estimated 2,000 wooden bluebird houses in and around the town. Each year, a Bickleton “bluebird brigade” of residents, farmers, and school children volunteer to build, repair, paint and clean out the boxes.
This was the founder of Caterpillar Tractors (C.W. Holt) combined harvester (the word "combine" not even invented yet!) early 1900'[s in a dilapidated old & perfectly weather-beaten barn in one of the world's antique goldmines Bickleton Wa. I love this place.
The Bickleton Prebyterian Church and "Bluebird Church House" in Bickleton, WA
During the 1960's a couple in Bickleton built hundreds of bluebird houses and mounted them on fenceposts around town. Thousands of mountain bluebirds and a few hundred red-breasted Western bluebirds arrive from the south every February. The birds nest several times each summer, moving from house to house and leave in November.
Photo by Jens Lund.
mom car, Bickleton Hwy from Old Mtn. Rd. to Badger Gulch too far... Ekone WA, SAT 3-31-18, Canon 50D EF 70-200mm L f4 USM hand (74)
Bickleton, Washington, is called The Bluebird Capital of the World. With a population of 90 people and thousands of bluebirds that spend most of the year in the area, Bickleton likely deserves the title. The following information about the Bickletom bluebirds is posted at www.ourbetternature.org/bickletonwa.htm. Mountain and Western Bluebirds flock to Bickleton because of the Brinkerhoff family. In 1968, Jess and Elva Brinkerhoff took a day trip to Bickleton. They wanted to show their two young sons the spring profusion of wildflowers. While enjoying the scenery, they spotted a bluebird. Hoping to encourage it to stay, they retrieved a metal coffee can from the local dump, fashioned a rough birdhouse and nailed it to a tree. As they stood by and watched, two bluebirds moved in. The Brinkerhoffs were hooked. Over the next four decades, they and others installed an estimated 2,000 wooden bluebird houses in and around the town. Each year, a Bickleton “bluebird brigade” of residents, farmers, and school children volunteer to build, repair, paint and clean out the boxes.
A wind turbine - one of 133 - south of Bickleton, Wash., on PPM Energy's Bighorn wind power project.
For a town of 97 people, Bickelton WA goes to great efforts to maintain its "Bluebird Capital of the World" status. This handsome fellow is chilling on a post by a road, probably keeping his eyes open for insects.
Bickleton, Washington, is called The Bluebird Capital of the World. With a population of 90 people and thousands of bluebirds that spend most of the year in the area, Bickleton likely deserves the title. The following information about the Bickletom bluebirds is posted at www.ourbetternature.org/bickletonwa.htm. Mountain and Western Bluebirds flock to Bickleton because of the Brinkerhoff family. In 1968, Jess and Elva Brinkerhoff took a day trip to Bickleton. They wanted to show their two young sons the spring profusion of wildflowers. While enjoying the scenery, they spotted a bluebird. Hoping to encourage it to stay, they retrieved a metal coffee can from the local dump, fashioned a rough birdhouse and nailed it to a tree. As they stood by and watched, two bluebirds moved in. The Brinkerhoffs were hooked. Over the next four decades, they and others installed an estimated 2,000 wooden bluebird houses in and around the town. Each year, a Bickleton “bluebird brigade” of residents, farmers, and school children volunteer to build, repair, paint and clean out the boxes.