Here is a female eastern bluebird (Sialia sialis) on the bluebirds' favorite perch, the powerline. They probably like this open location because it gives a clear view of the surrounding lawns, where their prey is hiding. Bluebirds are predators, you know.
"Insects caught on the ground are a bluebird’s main food for much of the year. Major prey include caterpillars, beetles crickets, grasshoppers, and spiders. In fall and winter, bluebirds eat large amounts of fruit including mistletoe, sumac, blueberries, black cherry, tupelo, currants, wild holly, dogwood berries, hackberries, honeysuckle, bay, pokeweed, and juniper berries. Rarely, Eastern Bluebirds have been recorded eating salamanders, shrews, snakes, lizards, and tree frogs." - allaboutbirds.org
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