Eastern Bluebird Facts, Information, and Photos.
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.
Eastern bluebird (song) male, song. Frank Lambert Kelly Colgan Azar. Other chats, thrushes and mockingbirds. American robin. Bendire's thrasher. Bicknell's thrush. Brown thrasher. California thrasher. Crissal thrasher. Curve-billed thrasher. Gray catbird. Gray-cheeked thrush. Hermit thrush. Le Conte's thrasher. Long-billed thrasher. Mountain bluebird. Northern mockingbird. Northern Wheatear.
Eastern bluebirds can be found in the eastern parts of North and Central America from southern Canada into the country of Nicaragua.They also dwell on the islands of Cuba and Bermuda. The eastern bluebird is the state bird of New York and Missouri.These birds can often be found on trees or fences that border meadows, scanning the clearings for food.
Eastern bluebirds eat a variety of foods depending on the season. In summer months, eastern bluebirds consume mostly beetles (order Coleoptera), crickets, caterpillars, grasshoppers, and other insects. A United States Biological Survey study of 855 eastern bluebirds found that the bluebird diet was 68% insects. During the fall and winter.
Adult male Eastern Bluebird, NJ, 18 April. Male Eastern Bluebirds have vivid blue upperparts, rusty or brick-red on the throat and breast, and white on the belly and undertail. Note, blue is a structural color in birds, which means that the color's vibrance depends on the light conditions. Males may appear plain gray-brown from a distance. Image via BIrdshare: William Jobes. Enlarge Adult.
The IUCN lists the Eastern Bluebird as Least Concern, the Western Bluebird as Least Concern, and the Mountain Bluebird as Least Concern. Domestication. Humans have not domesticated Bluebirds in any way. Does the Bluebird Make a Good Pet. No, these birds do not make good pets. Even though they are beautiful birds, they do not do well in a household setting. In most places, it is illegal to own.
Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis. Range. This map depicts the range boundary, defined as the areas where the species is estimated to occur at a rate of 5% or more for at least one week within each season. Learn more. Occurrence. Year-round. Breeding season. May 17 - Aug 31. Non-breeding season. Dec 7 - Mar 1. Pre-breeding migratory season. Mar 8 - May 10. Post-breeding migratory season. Sep 28.