Behold…the eastern bluebird.
Bluebirds apparently are hunters…birds of prey. As far as I can see, they are only intimidating to very small things. They hunt for insects, spiders, little bits of fruit and other creatures from whatever perch seems promising, they watch the ground, and then swoop down, pouncing on their prey.
I have seen this pouncing. At the time that I first observed this, I didn’t know what they were doing, but after long minutes of observation, I believed and still do, that they are actually addicted to eating dirt.
Bluebirds no longer live around here. i think they did, once, but are gone since before I was a kid. They don’t seem to get along well in suburbs. So, this is my first “sighting.” Online is better than not at all 🙂
Awwwwwwwww…I will do my best to provide you a sighting as often as I can.
On other bluebird pics I’ve seen, I’ve never noticed that band running back from the eye. Or is that a perfectly placed shadow?
It is a perfectly placed shadow!
Haha. Cute.
What a little cute bird
🙂 I agree
I wonder if they need the grit to grind up their food….Not sure….
Many birds do, so it just may all be part of “the plan”.
That’s an interesting theory. I like to think birds have been going after dirt all this time and the insects are just accidental.
I wonder what the statistics are for accidental insect ingestion.