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Reporting from: https://exhibits.library.cornell.edu/keeping-common-birds-common/feature/eastern-bluebird

Eastern Bluebird

Sialia sialis

Eastern Bluebird Male
Eastern Bluebird Male

With raised wings, a male Eastern Bluebird prepares to take flight from a crabapple branch, with autumn foliage creating a golden glow in the background. Bluebirds switch their diets to mainly fruit in autumn and winter once their summer diet of insects becomes scarce.