Western Bluebird; Sonoma County, California
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.
