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This site is dedicated to wildlife and landscape photography.
Male Western Bluebird
We have bluebirds and oak titmice nesting in our backyard now. It used to be tree swallows and titmice, but the bluebirds have gotten to the nest box first this year and last year. The early bird gets the worm or, in this case, the nest.
Hungry Bluebird
When I decided to publish this photo, it immediately reminded me of a fellow by the name of Michael L. Smith who I knew when I lived in the D.C. area. We were part of a wildlife photography club that met each month at a local Audubon Society building in the Maryland suburbs. Michael became very wealthy from a single image he took of a male Eastern Bluebird that looked like it was scowling or angry. As luck would have it, Michael sold over 116,000 copies of that photo. That in itself may be a record. Here is a link to Michael’s story.
The bluebird in my photo doesn’t look angry so much as impatient. When this male and his mate used a nest box in our backyard I started feeding them mealworms which, as bluebird lovers know, is a good way to attract bluebirds. I think in this photo he was getting tired of waiting for me to put some mealworms in the feeder.
Male Western Bluebird
“I’m Outta Here”!
They’re gone, but remain nearby. The parents still return morning, noon and night for mealworms. I don’t know how long that will last, but I understand the parents sometimes have a second brood. We’ll see. It was fun while it lasted.
They Are Getting Big.
Handsome Bird
After years of looking, these bluebirds finally chose our nest box as their home.
Bluebird Dad
This male and his mate are busy feeding their brood.
