Eastern Bluebird

Name: Eastern Bluebird           

Scientific Name: Sialia sialis           

Endangered Status: Species of Least Concern           

Info: Bluebirds are small, beautifully colored thrushes. They're often seen perched in a hunched position on wires or fences in fields and open woodlands throughout central and north Florida. The adult male bluebird has a vibrant blue back, head and tail, chestnut colored throat and breast and white belly. Females are duller and grayer, and young birds are heavily spotted. Bluebirds are cavity nesters and they must compete for these choice spots with native birds such as chickadees, tufted titmice, nuthatches and Carolina wrens, and non-native birds such as house sparrows and European starlings.  

Sightings: Golf course, bluebird boxes on property, red maple lake, drummond point park, walker's landing, golf shop deck