Ten Eastern Bluebirds crowd a green platform feeder, jostling for position. Males show vivid blue backs and rusty breasts; females are more muted. One bird arrives mid-flight at upper right, wings spread, and a male/female pair on the right corner are facing each other, beaks open. Durham, NC. December 2022.

December truce. These Eastern Bluebirds grew up together and still share the mealworm feeder - for now. A few weeks later, the peace ends and they start claiming territories and nesting sites for spring, and my yard is really only big enough for 2 pairs. Durham, NC. #BirdOfTheDay #Feeders #EABL

Male Eastern Bluebird facing directly toward the camera on a deck railing scattered with dried mealworms. There are several other bluebirds behind it, out of focus, creating a shallow depth-of-field effect. Vivid blue crown and wings, rusty-orange breast, dark eye staring straight ahead, directly at the camera. Durham, NC.

There is no blue pigment in this bird. The color comes from nanostructured keratin in the feather barbs, air channels that self-assemble and scatter light. We know the physics, but we are still working out the genetics that build the structures. #BirdOfTheDay #StareDown #EABL

This Eastern Bluebird was not impressed by the snow last year, and so far, this current storm is all hype. #EABL Durham, NC. #Durmageddon? Not really. Not yet.

Someday, Merlin will be good enough to translate the exact expletives these Eastern Bluebirds hurled at a squirrel who tried to claim their rain shelter. Until then, we only know they are speaking in EABL. Durham, NC - October 2025. #chipnotes #birdnerd #EABL

Everything in Kenya is for sale, even the brewery. Drunkards are next #EABL

An orange-breasted bird with a blue cap perches incongrouously on the power cables of an electrical transformer.

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Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis), 18th February 2024
es: Azulejo Oriental, fr: Merlebleu de L’Est
Concord, Massachusetts
Canon EOS R5, Canon RF 800mm f/11, 25% crop, 1/640s, ISO 400
#Birds #EasternBluebird #EABL #BirdOfTheDay #HopeIsTheThingWithFeathers #DescribeYourImages

A blue-backed bird with a umber waistcoast perches proudly with a large insect on the broken branch of a tree.

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Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis), 8th May 2024
es: Azulejo Oriental, fr: Merlebleu de L’Est
Cape Henlopen State Park, North Shores, Delaware
Canon EOS R5, Canon RF 200-800mm f/6.3-9 + 1.4x teleconverter @ 1039mm, 1/400s, f/13, ISO 3200
#Birds #EasternBluebird #EABL

Late at night when the wind is still
I'll come flying through your door
And you'll know what love is for
I'm a bluebird... (Paul & Linda McCartney)

Eastern Bluebird in Norfolk, Massachusetts (03/16/2025)

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekLforLyrics #birds #bluebird #EABL #MassAudubon #BlueSkyMonday

A splash of brightness against a tan background, an orange-breasted bluebird stands atop a wooden birdhouse.

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Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis), 12th February 2022
es: Azulejo Oriental, fr: Merlebleu de L’Est
Drumlin Farm, Lincoln, Massachusetts
Canon EOS 90D, Sigma 150-600mm @ 600mm, 30% crop, 1/800s, f/6.3, ISO 800
#Birds #EasternBluebird #EABL #HopeIsTheThingWithFeathers

From Derby to the USA! 🇺🇸🏀 Former Derby College student Nick’s hard work has taken him from the Trailblazers Academy to a two-year contract at Huntington Expression Prep. With NCAA D1 offers rolling in, his future is bright!

Follow his journey: @GingerBballer 🔥 #Basketball #EABL #DreamBig

Eastern Bluebird enjoying a snack
#birds #easternbluebird #eabl

(reposting because my dunbass forgot to attach the image)

Eastern Bluebird on a damp day. Photo be me. #easternbluebird #eabl #birds