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Eastern Bluebird  - (Sialia sialis) 

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Identification

  • Small songbird
  • Male is medium to dark blue above
  • Rusty red neck, sides and breast, white belly
  • Female is similar but drabber
  • 7" (18 cm.)

Habitat

  • Open areas with some trees
  • Needs tree cavity for nesting

Additional Information

  • Fairly common migrant and summer resident
  • Occasionally found in winter
  • Gives "churry" call in flight
  • Male sings sweet warbly whistle
  • Appears slightly hunched while perching
  • Readily uses nest boxes

Male Bluebird, noted by Orange breast, on perch

Female Bluebird noted by more drap colors with insect in mouth 

 

The Kickapoo Reserve Management Board acknowledges that the state and federal lands that comprise the Reserve fall within the ancestral homelands of First Nations people including the Hooçak Nation. We recognize the sovereignty of the Hooçak and other First Nations and will work towards a shared future by continuing to create collaborative opportunities to protect and preserve these lands.

Kickapoo Valley Reserve | S3661 State Highway 131 | La Farge, Wisconsin 54639 
Phone: 608-625-2960 | FAX: 608-625-2962
kickapoo.reserve@krm.state.wi.us

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