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Bird Bio - Mountain Bluebird
Common Name:
Mountain Bluebird.
Scientific Name:
Sialia currucoides
Description:
- Belongs to Thrush Subfamily
- Largest Bluebird
- Male- sky blue, lighter blue
- Female- uniform pale-grayish brown body; sky blue wings and tail
Lifecycle:
- Egg description: pale blue or whitish
- Nest description: Cup shaped, Made of grasses, shreds of sage, aspen bark, twigs, feathers, pine needles
- # Eggs: 4-8, one pale blue or whitish egg laid per day
- Length of Incubation: 13-14 days
- Fledging Age: 18 to 23 days
- Broods/season: 1 at higher elevations, 2 at lower elevations
- Longevity of Adult: 5 years
Habitat:
- Open country with scattered trees
- Nest in plains to timberline
- Grasslands, sagebrush flats
- Forest edges
- Edges of alpine tundra (up to 12350 ft)
- Territories can be upward of 12 acres
- Will use man-made nests and visit feeders
Food:
- Ground feeders – will hover while searching
- Primarily insects
- Will eat fruit, berries and seeds
Other Facts:
- Will return to successful breeding territory, starts in late winter early spring
- Will collect in groups late in summer
- Most migratory of the 3 species
- Will winter as far south as central Mexico
Predators/Enemies/Competitors:
- Coppers Hawk
- Sharped-Shined Hawk
- Northern Harrier
- American Kestrels
- House Sparrow
- American Crows
- Weasels
- Chipmunks
- Squirrels
- Blowflies
