When sunlight catches the intense blue feathers of the male Eastern Bluebird, a sparrow-sized thrush, one is awed by the sapphire glow of the head, back, wings, and tail. The blue contrasts with the rufous-orange throat and breast and white belly. Females are plainer, blue in the wings with grey-blue on the back, and a duller breast. The Eastern Bluebird nests widely across mainland eastern North America, with eastern Saskatchewan representing the western range limit but with recent reports as far west as Calgary. Migratory populations winter in the southeastern U.S.A, Mexico, and Central America and overlap with resident populations in these areas.
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MB bird cache #3