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Eastern Bluebird by Lindell Dillon
Thrushes
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis
* ORDER: Passeriformes
* FAMILY: Turdidae
* HabitatGrasslands
* FoodInsects
* NestingCavity
* BehaviorGround Forager
* ConservationLow Concern
BASIC DESCRIPTION
Most of the country drives during an eastern North American summer will turn up
a few Eastern Bluebirds sitting on telephone wires or perched atop a nest box,
calling out in a short, wavering voice or abruptly dropping to the ground after
an insect. Marvelous birds to capture in your binoculars, male Eastern Bluebirds
are a brilliant royal blue on the back and head, and warm red-brown on the
breast. Blue tinges in the wings and tail give the grayer females an elegant
look.
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Year-roundBreedingMigrationNonbreeding
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FIND THIS BIRD
You can find Eastern Bluebirds in open country with patchy vegetation and large
trees or nest boxes. Meadows, old fields, and golf courses are good places.
Bluebirds typically sit in the open on power lines or along fences, with an
alert, vertical posture. When they drop to the ground after an insect, they make
a show of it, with fluttering wings and a fairly slow approach, followed by a
quick return to the perch.
OTHER NAMES
* Azulejo Oriental (Spanish)
* Merlebleu de l'Est (French)
BACKYARD TIPS
This species may visit backyards if food is offered. It doesn't often come to
feeders, unless you have feeders that provide mealworms. Find out more about
what this bird likes to eat and what feeder is best by using the Project
FeederWatch Common Feeder Birds bird list.
Eastern Bluebirds are a great prospect for nest boxes if you have the space to
put one up in your yard, and if your yard isn’t too hemmed in by trees or
houses. Consider putting up a nest box to attract a breeding pair. Make sure you
put it up well before breeding season. Attach a guard to keep predators from
raiding eggs and young. Find out more about nest boxes on All About Birdhouses,
where you'll find plans for building a nest box of the appropriate size for
Eastern Bluebird.
* Cool Facts
* The male Eastern Bluebird displays at his nest cavity to attract a female.
He brings nest material to the hole, goes in and out, and waves his wings
while perched above it. That is pretty much his contribution to nest
building; only the female Eastern Bluebird builds the nest and incubates
the eggs.
* Eastern Bluebirds typically have more than one successful brood per year.
Young produced in early nests usually leave their parents in summer, but
young from later nests frequently stay with their parents over the winter.
* Eastern Bluebirds occur across eastern North America and south as far as
Nicaragua. Birds that live farther north and in the west of the range tend
to lay more eggs than eastern and southern birds.
* Eastern Bluebirds eat mostly insects, wild fruit and berries.
Occasionally, Eastern Bluebirds have also been observed capturing and
eating larger prey items such as shrews, salamanders, snakes, lizards and
tree frogs.
* The oldest recorded Eastern Bluebird was at least 10 years, 6 months old.
It had been banded in New York in May 1989, and was found dead in South
Carolina November 1999.
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