What is special about a bluebird?
A bluebird can spot caterpillars and insects in tall grass at the remarkable distance of over 50 yards. Bluebird females of all species have duller plumage than males; this may reduce their visibility to predators. Bluebirds have no blue pigments in their feathers.
What is the eastern bluebird known for?
The eastern bluebird (Sialia sialis) is a small North American migratory thrush found in open woodlands, farmlands, and orchards. The bright-blue breeding plumage of the male, easily observed on a wire or open perch, makes this species a favorite of birders.
Is the eastern bluebird rare?
Eastern Bluebird Habitat and Distribution Eastern bluebirds are easily found in open fields and sparse woodland areas, including along woodland edges. These bluebirds are rare but regularly seen in western Texas, North Dakota, South Dakota, western Nebraska and western Kansas.
Which bluebird builds nest?
Eastern Bluebird
After a male Eastern Bluebird has attracted a female to his nest site (by carrying material in and out of the hole, perching, and fluttering his wings), the female does all the nest building.
How many eggs does a bluebird lay?
Bluebird nests usually contain four to five eggs. Clutch sizes range from three to seven. The number of eggs in a clutch is often related to the age of the bird laying them.
Where do male bluebirds sleep at night?
Where do bluebirds sleep at night? Sleeping places include pastures, orchards, parks, and meadows. Eastern Bluebirds will build nests in tree cavities to protect their young, in a behavior similar to that of woodpeckers. Bluebirds will sometimes construct their nests within abandoned woodpecker holes of trees.
Where do Eastern bluebirds go in the winter?
Migration. Resident to medium-distance migrant. Bluebirds leave breeding grounds in the north of their range to winter in the southeastern U.S. or Mexico. Populations in the northern part of their range are entirely migratory, spending winters in the southeastern United States or Mexico.
What color is the female bluebird?
bluish gray
Females are dull bluish gray above with varying amounts of blue on the wings and tail.
Do bluebirds remove dead babies?
Dead nestlings weighing less than 10 grams (usually <8 days old in bluebirds) may be removed from the nest by a parent.
Are bluebirds endangered?
Least Concern (Population increasing)
Eastern bluebird/Conservation status
Do bluebirds mate for life?
Most Bluebirds (95%) mate for life and mated pairs can stay together for as long as they survive. In the event of the death or disappearance of the male or female, the remaining bird replaces it with a new mate.
