There are three species of Bluebirds in the United States. The Eastern, Western and Mountain Bluebirds. I have seen 2 out of 3. Two out of three ain’t bad, except I need the trifecta for my life list. I just had to add the Meatloaf video of the song when I wrote this out. One day I will get the 3rd bird.
The Eastern Bluebirds are, yes you guessed it on the east coast and throughout the midsection of North America and down into Central America. The Western Bluebirds are on the west coast from just into Canada and down to Mexico. Mountain Bluebirds are in the mountains from Mexico to well further north into Canada and Alaska than the Western Bluebird.
Eastern Bluebird
Western Bluebird
The Western Bluebird, when I do see this bird is comparable to the Eastern Bluebird in many ways. Both male species have dark blue backs, wings and head with orange breasts, however the male Western Bluebirds have blue throats whereas the male Eastern Bluebird has an orange throat. The females of both of these species are harder to identify when you are in crossing lines of territory.
Mountain Bluebird
This Mountain Bluebird was perched up on a wooden fence in Emigrant, Montana one morning while traveling on the Old Yellowstone Trail, the road less traveled. The Mountain Bluebird is quite different in color than the Eastern and Western Bluebird. This one perched is a female.
This is my first time participating in April Blogging from A-Z Challenge. As a birder and photographer, I will be sharing a new bird with you every day. I host a weekly photo challenge called Bird Weekly and would love for you to stop by anytime. Join in if that is your thing too.
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30 responses to “A-Z Challenge – B is for Bluebird”
The Eastern Blue Bird is beautiful!
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I wonder if we have any blue birds around these parts. I’m going to be on the look out.
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The Eastern Bluebird is year round in central and east Texas north & south and winters in the western part of the state. You should see them at some point. 😊
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The mountain bluebird is seen at or above 5,000 feet. Where we spent our summers the MBB nested. They had 2 broads in the summer and one time I saw a western bluebird with a Mountain bluebird.
One of my cherish bird sightings when the family went to see my great aunt in Praire, Idaho. I was about 13 years. The bluebirds were staging before migration. There bluebirds everywhere. I have never seen that many bluebirds again.
When I was a girl scout (1940s) We voted to name Idaho’s state bird. Stay safe!
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I may be biased, but I like the Easter bluebird better, since it seems to have more blue!
And as soon as you wrote two out of three ain’t bad, I thought of Meatloaf. one of my favorite performers…
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Eastern 🙂
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😂 I like the Easter Bluebird too! Hehehe!
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🙂
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The eastern is my favorite too. The male Mountain Bluebird is super blue but I’ve never seen one.
I had the Bat Out of Hell album. 😊
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it’s nice to have some birds on your bucket list…
I think that album might be in my top five…
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I forgot the bluebirds had to fight the swallows for the nesting boxes. There bluebirds trails in Idaho.
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I would still like to see the male Mountain Bluebird and the Western Bluebird. 😊
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Beautiful images of these Bluebirds, Lisa. I’ve only seen two as well- the Western, and Mountain.
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My very favorite bird! I’ve only seen the Eastern Bluebird so far.
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I’m glad I posted them. I’m still on the prowl for the Western. Whenever we go out west again, it will be on our list of bird of the day. 🙂
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Me too!!
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🙂
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Beautiful blue birds 😀
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Thank you Cee. Trying to catch up from taking off yesterday. LOL! 🙂
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They’re beautiful! Are they a songbird?
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They are. Here is a link to the Eastern Bluebird. There is a Listen button right next to the bird photo. https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Eastern_Bluebird/overview
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Thank you!
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The teal-colored feathers of the Mountain Bluebird are impressive. No bluebirds in Hawaii, but plenty in my home state of Wisconsin. To see a bluebird is considered a good omen.
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Well, you may not have bluebirds but Hawaii has lots of colorful birds. I will eventually visit the islands again. I was there in 1984 as an 18 year old just out of high school. I’d love to go back as a birder and explore even more. I’m going to check out your novels because I love mystery. I will also check out your A-Z challenge. Thanks for sending me your link. I took the day off yesterday and am so behind. 🙂
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Perfectly pretty blue birds 😃
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Thank you Rita! They are still here and we haven’t even hit summer yet. So exciting. 🙂
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what a beautiful little bird! 🙂
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They are so awesome too. They are meat eaters but they hang out at our feeders. 😊
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Beautiful!!
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Thank you Nora! 🙂
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