Western Bluebird; Petaluma, California

This is a photo of a female western bluebird perched on a limb.

This is the female of the pair of western bluebirds nesting in one of our bird boxes. She has a habit of flying to our windows and those of our neighbor. Sometimes she bumps into the window with her breast and other times stops just short of hitting the window. I understand it’s a territorial thing, in that she sees her reflection and thinks it’s a rival. She does this many, many times each day. I’m wondering if she will ever realize it’s not another bird.

Western Bluebird, Petaluma, California

This is the female of the pair of western bluebirds nesting in one of our bird boxes.  She has a habit of flying to our windows and those of our neighbor.  She stops just short of hitting the windows, but she repeats this oddity numerous times throughout the day.