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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.
A male eastern bluebird clings to the opening of the pair's chosen nest box. Bluebirds have two or three nestings per year so do not give up trying to attract them.
The bluebirds are a North American [1] group of medium-sized, mostly insectivorous or omnivorous birds in the order of Passerines in the genus Sialia of the thrush family (Turdidae). Bluebirds are one of the few thrush genera in the Americas. Bluebirds lay an average of 4 to 6 eggs per clutch. They will usually brood two or three times in a year.
Bluebirds and blue jays don't have blue pigment in their feathers. It's the way light refracts off their feathers that make them appear blue to us. Bluebirds aren't really blue.
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Two days later, he saw bluebirds in his yard for the first time in 36 years. [2] With the help of the local Ruritan club, Finch founded the nonprofit Homes for Bluebirds, Inc. in 1973. [2] That organization built and distributed over 60,000 bluebird boxes by the mid-1990s and continues to sell them at cost. [8]
The blue-faced honeyeater was first described by ornithologist John Latham in his 1801 work, Supplementum Indicis Ornithologici, sive Systematis Ornithologiae.However, he described it as three separate species, seemingly not knowing it was the same bird in each case: the blue-eared grackle (Gracula cyanotis), the blue-cheeked bee-eater (Merops cyanops), and the blue-cheeked thrush (Turdus ...
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