Eastern Bluebird Provisions Nestlings with Flat-headed Snake

Shelby C. Braman; Darrell W. Pogue

doi:10.1676/03-115

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Shelby C. Braman,^*,** Darrell W. Pogue^*

^*Dept. of Biology, Univ. of Texas at Tyler, 3900 University Blvd., Tyler, TX 75799, USA
^**Corresponding author; shelbybraman@hotmail.com

Abstract

There are few published reports of Eastern Bluebirds (Sialia sialis) taking vertebrate prey or provisioning their young with vertebrates. We report finding a dead flat-headed snake (Tantilla gracilis) in an Eastern Bluebird nest. Flat-headed snakes feed primarily on soft-bodied invertebrates; thus, it is unlikely that the snake was attempting to depredate the bluebird nestlings. Moreover, flat-headed snakes are fossorial and rarely occur in open habitats. Therefore, the snake was most likely captured by one of the adult bluebirds and brought to the nestlings as a food item.

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Shelby C. Braman and Darrell W. Pogue "Eastern Bluebird Provisions Nestlings with Flat-headed Snake," The Wilson Bulletin 117(1), 100-101, (1 March 2005). https://doi.org/10.1676/03-115

Received: 7 November 2003; Accepted: 1 November 2004; Published: 1 March 2005

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