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| Male Bluebird |
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| 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!
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The waiting was well worth it. These are great shots.
Oh that’s a colourful bird! We don’t have those here (I think)
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!!!
I enjoy sitting and waiting for bird shots as well! These photos are great and I like the bird-eat-bird story!
Oh, the color is so wonderful! Love that you’ve captured these beautiful birds.
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
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.
your patience sure did pay off!! These are lovely birds – I have never seen one!
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.
These are awesome, and he is certainly blue!
Thanks so much for sharing your photo with us at YSB. I truly appreciate it!
what a cute bird! great shots!
Such great shots! It really takes a special kind of photographer to get shots of birds-a lot of patience too, eh?? Very pretty!
Aren’t they beautiful birds! Your shots are fabulous!
Those bluebirds are really amazing!
Beautiful photos. Have a nice day!
Beautiful pictures!
Beautiful series – the blue is so vivid!
Their blue color is amazing! Great shots!
so BEAUTIFUL!!!
Great photos of beautiful birds. Nice to be able to watch them chasing off the swallows
Well worth the wait Barb. Lovely shots of this beauty.
Great job Barb! It takes patients and technique to get superb shots. What a lot of fun!
A beautifil bird to see…so colourful.
IT was well worth the wait–what a beauty! ITs a Mountain Bluebird? Your Blog is so beautiful!!
Your patience paid off. Great photos.