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Resident Bluebirds

May 29, 2011 by Barb 24 Comments

Male Bluebird
Female Bluebird

In order to get these photos I set up my tripod on the road and zoomed in on the birdhouse as close as I could. and then I waited. and waited. and waited. When one of the bluebirds landed, I quickly rotated my camera towards it and took a burst of shots. It took me an hour to get the photos I wanted but the time went fast- it was very interesting watching their behaviour. A pair of swallows were trying hard to oust them from their nesting box by swooping in and diving but the bluebirds were determined to not let them have it. If the female bluebird flew off, the male was right there sitting on the box fending off the swallows. My goodness – it’s a ‘bird-eat-bird’ world out there!

Linking up to World Bird Wednesday at ‘The Pine River Review‘

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Comments

  1. Joe says

    May 29, 2011 at 11:53 am

    The waiting was well worth it. These are great shots.

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  2. DawnTreader says

    May 29, 2011 at 12:30 pm

    Oh that’s a colourful bird! We don’t have those here (I think)

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  3. Jan n Jer says

    May 29, 2011 at 12:33 pm

    Great shots…Our Eastern Blue birds have a spash of red/orang on their chest. Every spring I hope for them to nest in our bird box…but the agressive sparrows always win out!!!

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  4. Gone Country says

    May 29, 2011 at 1:36 pm

    I enjoy sitting and waiting for bird shots as well! These photos are great and I like the bird-eat-bird story!

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  5. Evelyn S. says

    May 29, 2011 at 2:40 pm

    Oh, the color is so wonderful! Love that you’ve captured these beautiful birds.

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  6. Buttons says

    May 29, 2011 at 3:02 pm

    Oh I love the bluebird these are great shots worth the wait.Beautiful blue. Funny I shot the same kind of house for my photo but a blackbird was sitting on it. B

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  7. Marissa ♥ says

    May 29, 2011 at 3:18 pm

    Beautiful shots! I love that gorgeous blue color! Well worth the wait to photograph these beautiful birds :) I’m glad they didn’t let the swallows bully them away from of their box.

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  8. Linda Makiej says

    May 29, 2011 at 3:54 pm

    your patience sure did pay off!! These are lovely birds – I have never seen one!

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  9. Jane says

    May 29, 2011 at 3:58 pm

    I have never seen a bluebird before, but if anything was ever aptly named then this is it. What an amazing blue!

    Oh my, you certainly had a lot of patience, waiting as you did but it was well worth it. I cannot take a photo of a bird to save my life, they are so very hard to capture. Thank you for sharing these amazing shots.

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  10. Nancy says

    May 29, 2011 at 4:10 pm

    These are awesome, and he is certainly blue!

    Thanks so much for sharing your photo with us at YSB. I truly appreciate it!

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  11. Light Trigger says

    May 29, 2011 at 12:34 pm

    what a cute bird! great shots!

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  12. Anika says

    May 29, 2011 at 6:46 pm

    Such great shots! It really takes a special kind of photographer to get shots of birds-a lot of patience too, eh?? Very pretty!

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  13. bailey-road.com says

    May 29, 2011 at 8:59 pm

    Aren’t they beautiful birds! Your shots are fabulous!

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  14. Fjällripan says

    May 29, 2011 at 10:52 pm

    Those bluebirds are really amazing!
    Beautiful photos. Have a nice day!

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  15. Bella Skye says

    May 30, 2011 at 2:28 am

    Beautiful pictures!

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  16. amatterofhowyouseeit.com says

    May 30, 2011 at 7:31 am

    Beautiful series – the blue is so vivid!

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  17. Inger-M says

    June 1, 2011 at 1:07 am

    Their blue color is amazing! Great shots!

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  18. texwisgirl says

    June 1, 2011 at 3:34 am

    so BEAUTIFUL!!!

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  19. mick says

    June 1, 2011 at 6:17 am

    Great photos of beautiful birds. Nice to be able to watch them chasing off the swallows

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  20. holdingmoments says

    June 1, 2011 at 2:10 pm

    Well worth the wait Barb. Lovely shots of this beauty.

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  21. Springman says

    June 1, 2011 at 3:31 pm

    Great job Barb! It takes patients and technique to get superb shots. What a lot of fun!

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  22. Andrew says

    June 1, 2011 at 8:12 pm

    A beautifil bird to see…so colourful.

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  23. Sondra says

    June 1, 2011 at 9:42 pm

    IT was well worth the wait–what a beauty! ITs a Mountain Bluebird? Your Blog is so beautiful!!

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  24. Gale Wall says

    June 2, 2011 at 3:36 am

    Your patience paid off. Great photos.

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