Scientific name: Sialia currucoides
Family: Turdidae
Located: Western North America
Size: six to seven inches
Color: Male Mountain Bluebirds are dark blue on the tail and wings and sky blue on the rest of the bird. The male also has white feathers below.
Female Mountain Bluebirds are mostly gray-brown with pale light blue on parts of the wings and tail. The bills for both males and females are black.
Food:
- insects
- beetles
- grasshoppers
- caterpillars
- berries
Habitat:
- grasslands
- savannahs
- farmland
- different types of forests.
FunFacts
The Mountain Bluebird is the state bird for Idaho and Nevada.
When looking for food, the Mountain Bluebird mimics the hawk as they fly over the land looking for food.
The bluebird is part of many Native American legends and is the symbol of:
- hope
- the essence of life and beauty
- love
- renewal
In nesting season, the Mountain Bluebird lays the most eggs of all bluebirds.
The National Audubon Society states, “Mountain Bluebirds were originally named the Arctic Bluebird.”
They have the largest wingspan of any other bluebird.
They take care of their young even though they leave the nest to teach them how to fly and find food so they can survive on their own properly.
It’s the state bird for Idaho and Nevada.
Great going!
It’s the state bird for Idaho and Nevada.
Great going!
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Thank you for your website. Something wonderful to read and look at. It is nice so we don’t have look at some of the crappy sites that try to bring you down. Thank you again and God Bless all you do.
It’s amazing!!!
It’s amazing!!!
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Another beautiful bird posted. Thank you to whoever put it up. God Bless you all.