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Eastern Bluebirds

Sialia sialis

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Description:

Male Eastern Bluebirds are vivid, deep blue above and rusty or brick-red on the throat and breast. Blue in birds always depends on the light, and males often look plain gray-brown from a distance. Females are grayish above with bluish wings and tail, and a subdued orange-brown breast.

Habitat:

urban backyard

Notes:

most often seen perching on the electric & phone wires

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