About this creation
Introducing Eric the Eastern Bluebird. The sixth bird for my North American Series of the LEGO Bird Project on CUUSOO
The lovely red, white, and blue Eastern bluebird (Sialia sialis) was designated the State bird of New York in 1970. The bluebird's song is a rich warbling whistle broken into short phrases (Tu-wheet-tudu) or a dry chatter.
The Eastern bluebird is a medium sized songbird (small thrush), with a short tail, chunky body, large round head, short black bill, a reddish-orange chest, and blue wings and tail (the female is a drab gray-blue with duller reddish chest, and juveniles have a spotted chest and back). Their diet consists of insects and small fruits.
The male Eastern Bluebird performs a "Nest Demonstration Display" to attract the female. He brings nest material to the hole, goes in and out, and perches above it waving his wings. This is his only contribution to nest building (the female Eastern Bluebird builds the nest and incubates the eggs). The nest is made with woven grasses or pine needles, and lined with fine grass, hair, or feathers. Eastern bluebirds prefer an open habitat with sparse groundcover (such as orchards, parks, and large lawns). Eastern bluebird nests are found in tree cavities and snags, and in nest boxes.
Eastern Bluebirds usually have more than one successful brood each year. Chicks from early nests usually leave their parents in summer, while the young from later nests frequently stay with their parents all winter. Populations of Eastern bluebirds declined in the 1960s and 1970s, but have since increased (the popularity of nest box campaigns are probably responsible for increases.
What do you think of Eric?
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September 15, 2012 |
ravishingly beautiful! |
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September 11, 2012 |
It is great to read about the background about your impressive creations. The work and effort is stunning. Well done. Cheers |
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September 7, 2012 |
Are you collecting all of these birds? If so you could probably donate them to an aviary, zoo, or museum for a big tax write off when you are done. ;D |
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September 5, 2012 |
I love the combination of white, blue and dark orange on this one, beautiful! |
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September 5, 2012 |
Great bird! Love the wings! Another great foot design! Can't wait for the next one! |
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September 5, 2012 |
I hope you never run out of birds to build! :-) |
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September 4, 2012 |
Loving this little guy! |
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September 4, 2012 |
fantastic yet again |
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Chris Melby September 3, 2012 |
Cool beans! I forwarded a pic to JOE to get to you, hope you like! Z |
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White Knight September 3, 2012 |
Such a fabulous range of birds ! This one is again just excellent, hope you have got all your birds still made and available for a collective Moc show !>?>.....well done |
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September 3, 2012 |
Good work, as as always. ;-) I will be back for a 2nd look. -LB Jr. |
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September 3, 2012 |
I'm more familiar with Eric's western relatives... Western Bluebirds, (Sialia mexicana). But we only seem to see them in the spring on our property. What blue we do see all year long... and unfortunately HEAR... are Scrub Jays which are much larger. :) |
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September 3, 2012 |
It's cute indeed, I love the colour combo. |
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September 3, 2012 |
Yet another lovely part to the series:) |
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September 3, 2012 |
Wow, another really beautiful bird from you! I'm impressed by your great work again. Love it, it's such a cute and well detailed creation. |
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September 3, 2012 |
Always fun to see the next bird you post, great work on this guy! |
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September 3, 2012 |
D'awww. He looks so cute with his tiny wittle feet on that perch. :3 lovely work. This is yet another bird with which I am acutely familiar. |
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September 3, 2012 |
Yes very super spiffy. "On to the next bird" Haha you are such a player ;) |
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September 3, 2012 |
Super spiffy! |
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September 3, 2012 |
I like him very much!I might have seen him in Tallinn,but im not sure and im not much of an bird expert too :P Well done mate!Can't wait to see next one! |
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September 3, 2012 |
Quoting Dohoon Kim
I like Eric, he's great. Though I think he can be a bit mre pluffy. ;) Thanks Dohoon! I agree he is a bit on the slight side but not much can be done now, on to the next bird lol
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September 3, 2012 |
I like Eric, he's great. Though I think he can be a bit mre pluffy. ;) |
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Its a great technique, because it really looks like his feet are wrapped around :) |
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September 3, 2012 |
Quoting TheLegoNoitAll .
so cute, do you have any pet birds? No I don't keep any real birds but I don't need to because so far I have 27 LEGO Birds and the best thing is they only make mess of the LEGO variety lol
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September 3, 2012 |
Quoting Harry Gravett
He is great :) It looks really good how his feet are perched on :) Cool thanks, It's a new little technique I am trying out, the feet are always the hardest part to recreate so I am glad you like it! |
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September 3, 2012 |
so cute, do you have any pet birds? |
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September 3, 2012 |
He is great :) It looks really good how his feet are perched on :) |
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