Here are the new babies. They don't look like much except naked little baby birds with some sparse fuzz. They will remain in the nest 15 to 20 days cared for by both parents. Both parents have been busy feeding them all day. Here are pictures from today. The first ones were with my small point & shoot. I had walked out with it at lunch just planning on getting a picture of the babies but both birds were at the box. The male wanted in the box to feed the babies a big juicy worm but the mama bird would not get out of the entrance hole so he kept flying down hovering in front of her.
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These are from tonight.
The coloration of the eastern bluebird differs somewhat between adult male and female birds. The male is dark blue on the head, back, wings and tail. It is reddish brown from the chin down over the breast. The belly is white. Females are a lighter bluish-gray on the back, wings, head and tail. They also have a lighter reddish color on the breast and are white on the belly. 
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