Wednesday, August 11, 2010

Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis)

I heard a bluebird on the stockade making short enticing sounds. On an adjacent post was a decidedly smaller speckled bird. The smaller bird looked like it was completely ignoring the bluebird and, in fact, didn't even bother to budge as I took a couple of pictures. I looked in my bird book. Sure enough, the smaller bird was a fledgling and the adult was trying to cajole it into flying. Looked like the bluebird baby, having made it from the nest box to the stockade, wanted nothing more to do w/ this flying stuff.

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