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Eastern Bluebirds are a brilliant royal blue on the back and head, and  warm red-brown on the breast. Blue tinges in the wings and tail give the grayer females an elegant look.

Eastern Bluebirds eat mostly insects, wild fruit and berries.  Occasionally, Eastern Bluebirds have also been observed capturing and  eating larger prey items such as shrews, salamanders, snakes, lizards  and tree frogs.

This species may visit backyards if food is offered. It doesn't often  come to feeders, unless you have feeders that provide mealworms. Find  out more about what this bird likes to eat and what feeder is best by  using the Project FeederWatch Common Feeder Birds bird list.

Eastern Bluebirds are a great prospect for nest boxes if you have the  space to put one up in your yard, and if yo

You can find Eastern Bluebirds in open  country with patchy vegetation and large trees or nest boxes. Meadows,  old fields, and golf courses are good places. Bluebirds typically sit in  the open on power lines or along fences, with an alert, vertical  posture. When they drop to the ground after an insect, they make a show  of it, with fluttering wings and a fairly slow approach, foll

The male Eastern Bluebird displays at his nest cavity to attract a  female. He brings nest material to the hole, goes in and out, and waves  his wings while perched above it. That is pretty much his contribution  to nest building; only the female Eastern Bluebird builds the nest and  incubates the eggs.

Eastern Bluebirds typically have more than one successful brood per year.  Young produc