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I found a fairly large flock of these bluebirds that had still not migrated south. They had stopped for a drink at a local lake. The lake was mostly frozen but they found little melted spots.
Happy National Bird Day!
Listened to Anne Murray this morning while I processed photos.
"A Little Good News" is a song recorded by Canadian recording artist Anne Murray. It was released in September 1983 as the lead single from the album of the same name. The song was Anne Murray's seventh #1 hit on the Billboard country chart.
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The Western Bluebird at Bath-time !!
Male Western Bluebirds are shiny blue above with rust-orange extending from a vest on the breast onto the upper back. Females are gray-buff with a pale orange wash on the breast and blue tints to the wings and tail. The throat is blue in males and gray-buff in females, and the lower belly is whitish.
Bluebirds are highly social, and usually feed in flocks during the non-breeding season. They hunt for terrestrial insects by dropping to the ground from a low perch. Western Bluebirds also frequently feed on berries in trees. Western Bluebirds rely on trees both for nesting cavities and hunting perches, and also perch on fences and utility lines.
(Nikon, 500 mm + TC 1.4, 1/1600 @ f/7.1 ISO 6400, edited to taste)
This lovely bluebird visited my yard today. He found something yummy in my yard. Thank each of you for the visit!
A male Mountain Bluebird hunting insects!! Photot taken in Bickleton, Washington, known as the Bluebird capital of the world. The Bluebirds migrate to Bickleton each Spring after wintering in Mexico and California.
Wikipedia: The eastern bluebird (Sialia sialis) is a small North American migratory thrush found in open woodlands, farmlands, and orchards.
The bright-blue breeding plumage of the male, easily observed on a wire or open perch, makes this species a favorite of birders. It is the state bird of Missouri and New York.
Conservation status: Least Concern
Busy female Bluebird !
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Another view of our handsome visitor. I'm endlessly grateful for the high-ISO capabilities of our modern cameras...
Bluebirds have been nesting in the same area for a number of years, I am not sure if it is the same pair keep returning back or they spread the word around about our province as a habitat of choice among bluebirds. This pair hung around for sometime and was very cooperative.
Well, it's been three days now and I haven't seen a bluebird or heard them at all when in the yard. Elvis (Red-shouldered hawk) has been hanging out a lot lately. He leaves each time I go outside so I have no new shots of him. Perhaps he is the reason the blues are not visiting .
On another note, I spotted a yellow-rumped warbler AKA butter butt two days ago. It's a bit early for their return, yet there he was.
I hope you have a fantastic Friday, happy snapping.
A male Mountain Bluebird (Sialia currucoides) perched on an old fence post along a prairie pasture east of Tofield, Alberta, Canada.
10 May, 2023.
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Male Mountain Bluebird ("Sialia currucoides") in the aspen parkland region east of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
28 June, 2011.
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My first and perhaps last time trying this technique (so time consuming!) I want to acknowledge texture artists that have inspired me to give this technique a try. Pat, Rrea, Jules, and Christina are friends and there are others but these four are brilliant at this type of post processing. Thank you for your lovely photo art!
Happy Texture Tuesday!
Be well dear friends and thank you for visiting!!
Mountain Bluebird (Sialia currucoides) resting near an artificial nest box on the prairie landscape east of Tofield, Alberta, Canada.
10 May, 2023.
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We are just starting to see the Mountain Bluebirds begin to return up atop the Colorado National Monument and elsewhere. (this is a prior year photo)
Have a good day friends.
This little fellow and his mate just brought the second bunch of babies off the nest from one of my bluebird boxes! It is getting very hot here so I don't know if they will try for the third time or not.
This image was taken a couple of days ago when we had a very nice all day rain. I say very nice because this is our dry season and rain is certainly a welcome sight during the dry season.
Lady and Mr. B took turns perching above the swing feeder then moving on to a different feeder to eat. What odd behavior you say? Not really, they were just letting me know that the feeder was empty and they would appreciate a refill.
But it’s cold and rainy out there I proclaimed. I don’t want to go out and fill feeders. Yet my beautiful visitors continued their request all the while allowing me to photograph them through the window.
Therefore, after a little coaxing, I did indeed go out and fill the feeder. I also topped off the rest of them so I wouldn’t have to go back out in the rain.
Have a terrific Tuesday, happy snapping.
A Mountain Bluebird (Sialia currucoides) oversees his territory from the vantage point of a fencepost surrounding a pasture east of Tofield, Alberta, Canada.
9 June, 2011.
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Mountain Bluebirds are the first migratory songbird summer breeders to arrive in central Alberta. They sometimes face very harsh conditions. This year is exceptionally tough. They are mostly insectivores and have arrived here to deep snow cover on the fields and our coldest early April temperatures of recent records.
This one was part of a group of four that were hovering and diving into sparse areas of exposed grass presumably to capture emerging insects. Our region will get down to -25 C with the wind chill tonight. I hope they survive.
Beaver County, Alberta
Singing away on a branch on top of his territory. Very happy with this shot, taken as the clouds began to roll in and the light began to fade.
A male Mountain Bluebird (Sialia currucoides) relaxing on the edge of an open meadow while waiting for an opportunity to feed on some unsuspecting insect. This meadow is near Islet Lake west of Tofield, Alberta, Canada.
9 June, 2011.
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This little beauty is from the first successful brood of bluebirds in my yard this year. The bluebirds have more eggs in the nest that should hatch any day now.
I hope you have a wonderful day, happy snapping.
Dixon Meadows Pa.
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Or, he could be giving signs for the next baseball pitch. I was told by a bluebird expert that they do communicate with wing flashes. This sequence seems to show something deliberate with the leg lifts and the wing position. I didn't see the female at the time, but I'm sure she was watching from a nearby tree.
Male Mountain Bluebird (Sialia currucoides) roosting on a thin post along the fence line bordering a pasture on the south side of Islet Lake east of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
15 May, 2017.
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