To me it is anyway, to see an Eastern Bluebird here in winter? I thought bluebirds were insect eaters.
Photo taken January 26, 2009! My apologies for the poor background, I was just so excited to see an Eastern Bluebird in winter!
Of course, the northern line has been moving up for many species of birds. Just more evidence of global warming and climate change. Still, this is my first siting of bluebirds, EVER, and just to think, my first siting came in winter!
Wow, and you got a nice shot of the little guy, too!
You know, we’re having the coldest winter in over ten years here, and yet there are about 40 Robins and a flock of Red-wing Blackbirds that have been around all winter. I’ve never seen that before, ever, and certainly wouldn’t expect it when it’s this cold. No blue birds though.
We have a ton of Robins as well here in MA. too, its weird. I thought they headed south as well. It has also been “wicked” cold here. We had a balmy high of 24 yesterday.
Beautiful little bird. Track him down with a better background.
montucky, Wow! Red-wing Blackbirds? I’ve seen winter Robins on occasion but, usually, I consider the arrival of Red-wings as the first sign of spring here! How strange.
Well, I know I sound a bit like a broken record but, I still believe what many scientists are telling us, that our “tampering” with planet earth’s atmosphere is causing disorientation for many birds and animals. Just this past season, there was a manatee in Dennis, MA! And, I think it was a Blue Whale that was sited off the coast of Gloucester, MA which is supposed to be something like 1000 miles farther south that its normal swimming/eating grounds.
I certainly hope that the new administration will take the environment and conservation much more seriously than the previous administration did.
loveaphid, I’m from MA too so I know what you’re talking about when you refer to “wicked” cold! And, as I was saying to montucky, I’ve seen winter Robins on occasion but really not “that” many. I have a crabapple tree in my front yard that the Robins and Cedar Waxwings will wipe out in about two days then move on to someone else’s fruit trees. Unfortunately, my crabapple tree has seen better days.
The Bluebirds seem attracted to my barberry hedge. Still, I never expected to see them in winter. Most of my books on birding say that you can offer them “mealy worms” but I don’t recall reading anything about berries.
BTW, welcome to my blog!
wrjones, I agree, this little guy is a beautiful bird. I shall try to get some photos of these birds with the snow as a background, I think their colors will really jump out at you then.