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Eastern bluebird. Richmond, Virginia. / / / TIP JAR: IF YOU LIKE MY WORK SUPPORT ME WITH ANY AMOUNT YOU WISH / Portfolio Areas / Tigers / Wildlife / Macro / Landscape / Birds / Abstracts / Cats~wild and domestic
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Native only to North America and Bermuda, early settlers were captivated by its friendliness and sweet song. Since then it has been associated with love, joy, and the renewal of springtime. Bluebirds are used to commemorate marriages and anniversaries and are considered messengers of good health and contentment. / / This one hunched on our porch and nested in our birdhouse at the beginning of this year. “http://www.greetingcarduniverse.com/community/store.aspstore_id=632&gcu=4158257886”
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oil pastell
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Lily
by scarlettcatLily loves birds, but you already guessed that, right? These are three of her darling bluebird friends, helping her with her hair. Actually two of them are helping and one is having a little rest (lazy bugger). ..................................♥ the fine print ♥…................................ (c) scarlett 2008 / This artwork is protected by copyright which does not transfer with sale. In plain English – while you’re buying a piece of artwork, you’re not buying the right to copy, print or reproduce it in any way. xxx scarlett
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Best View Larger Featured in #12 Great Features – Challenge Themes ONLY group. / Featured in Rural Around The Globe group. This was taken in my backyard when I first purchased my camera. They are one of my favorite birds besides the hummingbird. Taken in the village of Orwell Hill, PA on 05-11-2007. Cool Facts / 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 produced in early nests usually leave their parents in summer, but young from later nests frequently stay with their parents over the winter. / Eastern Bluebirds occur across eastern North America and south as far as Nicaragua. Birds that live farther north and in the west of the range tend to lay more eggs than eastern and southern birds. / 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. / The oldest recorded Eastern Bluebird was 10 years 5 months old. / Habitat GrasslandEastern Bluebirds live in open country around trees, but with little understory and sparse ground cover. Original habitats probably included open, frequently burned pine savannas, beaver ponds, mature but open woods, and forest openings. Today, they’re most common along pastures, agricultural fields, suburban parks, backyards, and golf courses. Back to TopFood InsectsInsects caught on the ground are a bluebird’s main food for much of the year. Major prey include caterpillars, beetles crickets, grasshoppers, and spiders. In fall and winter, bluebirds eat large amounts of fruit including mistletoe, sumac, blueberries, black cherry, tupelo, currants, wild holly, dogwood berries, hackberries, honeysuckle, bay, pokeweed, and juniper berries. Rarely, Eastern Bluebirds have been recorded eating salamanders, shrews, snakes, lizards, and tree frogs. Back to TopNesting / Nesting Facts / Clutch Size / 2–7 eggs / Egg Length / 0.7–0.9 in / 1.8–2.4 cm / Egg Width / 0.6–0.7 in / 1.5–1.9 cm / Incubation Period / 11–19 days / Nestling Period / 17–21 days / Egg Description / Pale blue or, rarely, white. / Condition at Hatching / Naked except for sparse tufts of dingy gray down, eyes closed, clumsy.Nest Description / After a male Eastern Bluebird has attracted a female to his nest site (by carrying material in and out of the hole, perching, and fluttering his wings), the female does all the nest building. She makes the nest by loosely weaving together grasses and pine needles, then lining it with fine grasses and occasionally horse hair or turkey feathers. Nest boxes in some places are so common that a single territory may contain several suitable holes. Females often build nests in each available hole, but typically only use one of these. Bluebirds may use the same nest for multiple broods. Nest Placement CavityEastern Bluebirds put their nests in natural cavities or in nest boxes or other artificial refuges. Among available natural cavities, bluebirds typically select old woodpecker holes in dead pine or oak trees, up to 50 feet off the ground. Older bluebirds are more likely than younger ones to nest in a nest box, although individual birds often switch their preferences between nesting attempts. When given the choice in one study, bluebirds seemed to prefer snugger nest boxes (4 inches square instead of 6 inches square on the bottom) with slightly larger entrance holes (1.75 inch rather than 1.4 inch diameter). © René Corado / WFVZ © René Corado / WFVZ / Back to TopBehavior Ground ForagerThis small, brightly colored thrush typically perches on wires and fence posts overlooking open fields. The birds forage by fluttering to the ground to grab an insect, or occasionally by catching an insect in midair. Bluebirds can sight their tiny prey items from 60 feet or more away. They fly fairly low to the ground, and with a fast but irregular pattern to their wingbeats. Males vying over territories chase each other at high speed, sometimes grappling with their feet, pulling at feathers with their beaks, and hitting with their wings. The boxes and tree cavities where bluebirds nest are a hot commodity among birds that require holes for nesting, and male bluebirds will attack other species they deem a threat, including House Sparrows, European Starlings, Tree Swallows, Great Crested Flycatchers, Carolina Chickadees, and Brown-headed Nuthatches, as well as non-cavity nesters such as robins, Blue Jays, mockingbirds, and cowbirds. Males attract females to the nest with a display in which he carries bits of nesting material into and out of the nest. Once a female enters the nest hole with him, the pair bond is typically established and often remains intact for several seasons (although studies suggest that around one in every four or five eggs involves a parent from outside the pair). Back to TopConservation / status via IUCN / Least ConcernBluebird populations fell in the early twentieth century as aggressive introduced species such as European Starlings and House Sparrows made available nest holes increasingly difficult for bluebirds to hold on to. In the 1960s and 1970s establishment of bluebird trails and other nest box campaigns alleviated much of this competition, especially after people began using nest boxes designed to keep out the larger European Starling. Eastern Bluebird numbers have been recovering since. Back to TopCredits / Gowaty, Patricia Adair and Jonathan H. Plissner. 1998. Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis), The Birds of North America Online (A. Poole, Ed.). Ithaca: Cornell Lab of Ornithology; Retrieved from the Birds of North America Online: http://bna.birds.cornell.edu/bna/species/381 / Dunne, P. 2006. Pete Dunne’s essential field guide companion. Houghton Mifflin, Boston. / Ehrlich, P. R., D. S. Dobkin, and D. Wheye. 1988. The birder’s handbook. Simon & Schuster Inc., New York. / Patuxent Wildlife Research Center longevity records / Website
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I thought this would be a nice card to illustrate the old cliche, “A woman’s work is never done,” and to honor women everywhere who work hard at home, on the job, within the family circle, in the community, in the church, in public service. This energetic little Eastern bluebird female exemplifies an honorable work ethic in her diligence at nest-building. (Note the bedraggled look of poor little Mama’s feathers; temperatures were in the 90s and she was really feeling the heat and humidity! Just about the same concept as a housewife sweating over the stove or the ironing board!)
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©2007-2008 Aimee Stewart, Foxfires – please see my CC Terms of Use before considering using this image for any personal or commercial use http://foxfires.deviantart.com/journal/6266450/ / (Please do not repost this on Photobucket or Flickr!) / —-—-—-—-——- Everyone deserves a love note brought to them by special delivery….
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Fractal made in Apophysis. This image is a larger version of one already in my gallery – about 4200×4200 pixels. / A smaller card size version is available here
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©2007-2008 Aimee Stewart, Foxfires – please see my CC Terms of Use before considering using this image for any personal or commercial use http://foxfires.deviantart.com/journal/6266450/ / (Please do not repost this on Photobucket or Flickr!) / —-—-—-—-——- If you listen close, you can hear the leaves of the tree whispering fables to the fox as dusk closes in…. Credits: / —-—-— / Fox: http://www.sxc.hu/photo/943363 / Tree: Dreamstime #800828 / All else: My own
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Fluffy reminds me of a little blue snowball; he sends his greetings from the Barry family to all the good friends here at Red Bubble. May your Christmas be happy and holy and blessed and may 2009 be bright and beautiful and filled with wonder and joy! Love to everyone, Bonnie Postscript: Fluffy is a old crony of Frosty the Snowman. They don’t get to see each other much, though, since Fluffy relocated down South. Frosty would love to come for visits, but the heat plays havoc with his health. They content themselves with an occasional email and phone call. Fluffy and Frosty send their best to everyone!
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I love to dance so these boogey-woogey bluebirds are right up my alley! They were really cutting the rug this morning on the nesting box. I’d like to dedicate this image to Mrs. Claire LeBauve who passed away recently. She was a cracker jack dancer who lit up the room when she stepped onto the dance floor. Like her family, I truly believe she’s dancing in heaven and still sharing her deep-dimpled smile and her joy with everyone around her. Laissez les bon temps rouler, Ms. Claire! (I think she’d approve of the quote I added; a little bit of craziness never hurt anyone!) For the rest of the story, please see the accompanying Journal Entry
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It’s too cold to take pictures today so I’m going through some old shots; came across this one, a close cousin to one I posted months ago, but I couldn’t resist sharing Mr. Beautiful with everyone in this different pose.
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A pair of bluebirds perched on the little birch tree outside my kitchen window. The wind was blowing at 35 mph and the birds were having a wild time hanging on, and I couldn’t resist shooting through the window.
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Mr. and Mrs. Bluebird work as a team when feeding their babies. Both are avid hunters, going wherever the pickings can be found. In this case, Dad’s serving up cricket casserole while Mom’s whipping up some spider souffle. Babies aren’t particular; they eat just about anything. I love watching this pair appear at the nestbox with a wide variety of fare. Dad tends to serve things on a larger scale while Mom offers daintier portions. I saw him with multiple caterpillars dangling from his bill; quite a feat to catch and carry but he does it expertly! It’s very rare that both male and female land on a given spot together so I spliced two photos together in order to convey the idea of their concerted efforts on behalf of their little family.
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Something special for Easter… The background I made from images at sxc.hu fairiegoodmother.deviantart.com / hatestock.deviantart.com / shoofly-stock.deviantart.com / eirian-stock.deviantart.com
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This male Eastern bluebird delivers the grub to the babies in the nesting box in a far different fashion from the way the female operates. She dives into the opening, feeds the chicks, removes debris and waste, and exits in a flash. Her mate, on the other hand, lands on whatever nearby perch he can find, shows off the cricket, caterpillar, grub worm, or grasshopper he just succeeded in hunting down, looks intently in my direction, turns this way and that, and then delivers the goods to the babies. Afterwards, he often goes back to his perch, giving me a view of his beautiful self from every possible angle. Finally, he tires of all the posturing and takes off in search of yet more prey for the hungry nestlings. I think he’s got lots of personality and I love watching his antics.
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Every time I visit at my mother’s house, her resident female bluebird goes directly to my car and admires herself in the rear view mirror of my car. I finally got a shot of the little queen. I applied some PS filters for this effect. I thought it might bring a smile to someone’s face. When there isn’t any vehicle parked in Mama’s driveway, the bluebird opts for the mirror on Daddy’s truck or any window pane she can find to study her beauty for hours on end.
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Acrylic,pen,and pencil on board
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This is an older image of a male Eastern bluebird which I’ve enhanced with background work. Just playing around on a Saturday morning!
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9×12 mixed media (ink, blue Sharpie, graphite) on Strathmore drawing paper. This is my first attempt at ink, well besides doodles on the back of envelopes. Barbara Glatzeder was bragging to me about how cheap this medium is, and that it doesn’t take up any space in your house. She keeps all of her work in one binder. So I got jealous! / So I found a pen and did this. I kind of think it looks like one gigantic doodle. Maybe a little too busy, but I think I will try the ink again. Small sized framed print /
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A female eastern bluebird has a beak full of nesting material, in preparation to set up housekeeping in a nearby birdhouse. The male keeps a watchful eye out for any rival birds wanting to compete for the nesting site
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