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🐦 EASTERN BLUEBIRD 🐦

cheriere — Sun, 02 Jun 2024 18:20:37 GMT

Today really tested my birdwatching patience. It's been raining all day. Two different times, I sat under a covered porch with my phone constantly monitoring a different birdhouse. Finally, the Eastern Bluebird mama must've decided feeding her babies was more important than a lot of rain. She sure is beautiful too.😃❤️

Bringing food below

Back to the tree

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Venezia — Sun, 02 Jun 2024 18:31:16 GMT

Wonderful photos. Lucky you to be able to see the babies, when they fledge.

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KingstonMom — Sun, 02 Jun 2024 18:42:46 GMT

@cheriere

Actually that's a male bluebird, the females don't have a lot of blue in their feathers., here's a photo of a female bluebird.

They're so fun to watch!

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Estellee — Sun, 02 Jun 2024 18:51:01 GMT

@cheriere I noticed she was keeping an eye on you too the whole time

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Franklinbell — Sun, 02 Jun 2024 18:53:26 GMT

Pretty!

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on the bay — Sun, 02 Jun 2024 18:54:34 GMT

So beautiful @cheriere!

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cheriere — Sun, 02 Jun 2024 19:00:52 GMT

@KingstonMom wrote:
@cheriere

Actually that's a male bluebird, the females don't have a lot of blue in their feathers., here's a photo of a female bluebird.

They're so fun to watch!

Thank you for letting me know. It's great to learn the males actually help in getting the food.😃❤️

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cheriere — Sun, 02 Jun 2024 19:01:57 GMT

@Estellee wrote:
@cheriere I noticed she was keeping an eye on you too the whole time

Lol, that's sure the truth. This bird was so nervous of me, I never did think I'd gets the pics.😃❤️

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Estellee — Sun, 02 Jun 2024 19:09:15 GMT

@cheriere wrote:
@Estellee wrote:
@cheriere I noticed she was keeping an eye on you too the whole time
Lol, that's sure the truth. This bird was so nervous of me, I never did think I'd gets the pics.😃❤️

@cheriere True, mothers protecting their young

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KingstonMom — Sun, 02 Jun 2024 19:10:47 GMT

@cheriere

The Dads also remove the 'poop sacks' from the nest!

If you see that male, see if he's carrying a tiny white balloon in his beak!

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sugarbee — Sun, 02 Jun 2024 19:10:53 GMT

This is absolutely my favorite bird. Male or female they are so lovely to see.

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cheriere — Sun, 02 Jun 2024 19:11:09 GMT

@KingstonMom

This bird kept showing up as an Eastern Bluebird too. I decided not to include it in my post because it looks a bit different. It still has a reddish chest and white belly, but I wasn't certain. This was taken by another birdhouse on a different day too.❤️

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cheriere — Sun, 02 Jun 2024 19:12:46 GMT

@KingstonMom wrote:
@cheriere

The Dads also remove the 'poop sacks' from the nest!

If you see that male, see if he's carrying a tiny white balloon in his beak!

Lol, I really didn't know that!😃❤️

I'll definitely be watching this house for awhile then. Thank you for letting me know these things. I really do appreciate learning more about them.❤️❤️❤️

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Kachina624 — Sun, 02 Jun 2024 19:57:31 GMT

@cheriere. You got a good picture. Nice arrangement and background, good color. Too bad there wasn't more sun. Pretty mama.

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cheriere — Sun, 02 Jun 2024 20:16:46 GMT

@Kachina624

Thank you so much.😃❤️

Today's weather has been rainy and miserable looking all day long. Plus, where I'm at is basically like the Smokey Mountains. It gets really foggy looking that lies low. I'm hoping to get some better pictures on a prettier day.

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On It — Sun, 02 Jun 2024 20:18:03 GMT

@cheriere Beautiful photos. That coffee table book is getting thicker by the day.

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on the bay — Sun, 02 Jun 2024 20:21:55 GMT

@KingstonMom wrote:
@cheriere

The Dads also remove the 'poop sacks' from the nest!

If you see that male, see if he's carrying a tiny white balloon in his beak!

@KingstonMom,

I'm so glad to read that because I wondered what the parent(s)? were carrying away from the nest that looked like something white when I had those babies and nest in my chair!

By the way @cheriere,

Guess who came today to check out "her" chair?! The mother bird! I was so happy to see her.I hope she found everything to her satisfaction lol and will build a nest again!

I read that wrens will try for a nest 2 times in a season.

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cheriere — Sun, 02 Jun 2024 20:21:02 GMT

@On It wrote:
@cheriere Beautiful photos. That coffee table book is getting thicker by the day.

Aww, thank you so much.😃❤️

I can't believe how many different birds I've seen already. Unfortunately, getting their pictures is another matter altogether lol. I have three appointments this week, so while I'm out I'm picking up birdseed. Maybe that will help lure them in.😃

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cheriere — Sun, 02 Jun 2024 20:25:15 GMT

@on the bay

I'm so glad you mentioned this. I've been really surprised by how many birds around my place that are supposed to have multiple nests of babies. Some even said three, especially if their first hatch early in the spring.

Im hoping to get as many as I can too. I've watched cardinals every single day, but it's been impossible for me to get a single picture worth keeping. They sure are fast little devils lol.😃❤️

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foxywoods — Sun, 02 Jun 2024 20:33:33 GMT

@cheriere wrote:
@KingstonMom

This bird kept showing up as an Eastern Bluebird too. I decided not to include it in my post because it looks a bit different. It still has a reddish chest and white belly, but I wasn't certain. This was taken by another birdhouse on a different day too.❤️

@cheriere could be an Indigo Bunting

try researching songbird calls. you can find them on eBird (Cornell Lab)