Eastern Blue Bird
by
Carol Turner

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The Eastern Bluebird, Sialia sialis, is a small thrush found in open woodlands, farmlands and orchards, and most recently can be spotted in suburban areas. Adults have a white belly, and adult males are bright blue and red on top and have a reddish brown throat and breast.  Adult females have lighter blue wings and tail, a brownish throat and breast, and a grey crown and back. Eastern Bluebirds are found east of the Rockies, southern Canada to the Gulf States and southeastern Arizona to Nicaragua. The bright blue breeding plumage of the male, easily observed on a wire or open perch, fluttering down to the mowed grass to capture a grasshopper, cricket or beetle makes this species a favourite of birders.

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