Western Bluebird Pair
by Renny Spencer
Title
Western Bluebird Pair
Artist
Renny Spencer
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
Two western bluebirds perched on a dead limbs. The orange brown breast color stands in contrast to the bright blue on their heads. Eyes and beaks visible.
https://www.audubon.org/field-guide/bird/western-bluebird
"Conservation status In recent decades, numbers have declined over much of range. Provision of birdhouses probably has not kept pace with loss of natural nest sites.
Family Thrushes
Habitat Scattered trees, open conifer forests, farms; in winter, semi-open terrain, brush, deserts. Breeds in semi-open areas including pine woods, oak woods, streamside groves, ranch country, sometimes in pinyon-juniper woods, but avoiding hot dry regions. Winters in many kinds of open or semi-open habitats, especially in pinyon-juniper, also in desert, farmland, others.
In partly open terrain of the west, from valley farms and orchards to clearings in mountain pine forest, this bluebird is often common. In summer it is often seen perching alone on fence wires by open meadows, fluttering down to pluck insects from the grass. In winter, small flocks of Western Bluebirds are often heard flying overhead or seen feeding on berries in trees. Sometimes, as when juniper woods have heavy berry crops, the bluebirds may gather by the hundreds."
---Renny Spencer https://rennyspencerphotography.com
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November 1st, 2020
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Anne Gifford
It is always a special day when I see these bluebirds on one of my walks. This is a beautiful capture of one of my favorite creatures. like/f
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