Eastern bluebird

April 3, 2020, Rondeau Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada.

We been looking for bluebirds and then tow showed up in the yard.

Sialia sialis
The male Eastern Bluebird displays at his nest cavity to attract a female. He brings nest material to the hole, goes in and out, and waves his wings while perched above it. That is pretty much his contribution to nest building; only the female Eastern Bluebird builds the nest and incubates the eggs.
source - Cornell Lab of Ornithology.

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