A male Mountain Bluebird with dragonfly prey

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cr_wildlife said:
A pair of Mountain Bluebirds with young in their nest would fly onto a perch near the nest with prey to feed their young. The adults would take a look around to be sure they were not being watched by any predators and then fly to the nest with the food. The male would occasionally land on the staging perch with a dragonfly in his beak. He did have some difficulty getting this large insect through the entry hole to the nest hollow, and exactly how the nestlings ate such large mouthful is not clear to me. However, he came in a few times with dragonflies, which I guess was a lot of food at once. This image shows him looking round from the staging perch with a dragonfly in his beak.View attachment 59565
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Great capture!
 
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