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We watched the female and male flying over to this tree several times. What they were doing on the tree was watching for anything that moves in the grass.
When they spotted something they would fly down and grab the insect and fly back to the tree to eat it. Eastern Bluebird, male Eastern Bluebirds will start their migration from the northern eastern states doing the fall months. Doing that time they like to store up energy for their trip by eating berries, seeds, and wild fruits. They may come to feeders to eat the shelled sunflower seeds. The top photo is a male Eastern Bluebird, the bottom photo is a female Eastern Bluebird. Bluebirds like to eat wild fruits, some berries, insects, and mealworm grubs. They like to eat raisins that have been soaked in water. The birds also need water; you can put out water for them. The Bluebirds come into our backyard for the water that we put out for the birds in our area.
You can buy Bluebirds houses for them to nest in. The Bluebirds will also build their nests in abandoned cavities in trees that birds have left, such as woodpeckers, The bluebirds can fly as fast as 17 mile per hour. The males have blue heads and red throat and breast. The females have a grayish-blue head and back. |
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