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Eastern Bluebird
(Sialia sialis)
        
Eastern Bluebird Information

Length:  6.5 - 7 "
                                                
Habitat:  Open grassy areas with scattered trees; fields, meadows, orchards, and farmlands; woodland edges.

Diet:  Insects, esp. grasshoppers, katydids, beetles, crickets, and caterpillars; spiders and earthworms;
Eastern Bluebird
Eastern Bluebird, Male
wild fruit. Photo © Mike Danzenbaker
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Eastern Bluebird SoundsSong and calls of Eastern Bluebird
  © The Macaulay Library of Natural Sounds at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithica, New York.  Recordist: G. Budney
 
 
Identification tips:
 
Male
  •  Bright blue head, back, wings, and tail
  •  Rusty red throat, breast, and sides
  •  White belly and undertail coverts
Female
  •  Similar to male but much duller in color
  •  Bluish-gray head and back with brighter blue on wings and  tail
  •  Thin, white eye ring
  •  White belly and undertail coverts
 
Additional Information:
 
Cornell's Birdhouse Network
Photo of Eastern Bluebird and eggs, sound file, physical description, diet, pair formation and territoriality, nesting behavior, winter movement and dispersal, nest box requirements for this bird.
 
     
   

 

 
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