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A matching stripe


Yay, this image is not from the archives, lol! I was really slow getting going yesterday, after a busy day before. I'd been taking a few photos in the morning and later afternoon after my volunteer shift, and discovered that holding up even a light-weight point-and-shoot camera makes arm and shoulder pain SO much worse! Yesterday, though, I did manage to get out for a short drive, SW of the city. Rain was forecast for today and tomorrow, so I thought I'd better get out while the sun was shining. So glad I did go, as I found this male Mountain Bluebird near the nesting box I loved last year : ) It absolutely made my day. This was a very distant shot and the heavy cropping didn't exactly improve the quality, but I did like the striped background, which I don't usually get. Several Tree Swallows were flying around the nearby nesting box, so I got a few chances to photograph them, too.
"In Bluebirds, the blue colour is produced by the structure of the feather - there is no blue pigment. "Tiny air pockets in the barbs of feathers can scatter incoming light, resulting in a specific, non-iridescent color. Blue colors in feathers are almost always produced in this manner. Examples include the blue feathers of Bluebirds, Indigo Buntings, Blue Jay's and Steller's Jays."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountain_bluebird
www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Mountain_Bluebird/id
www.jstor.org/discover/pgs/index?id=10.2307/4077277&i...
Not too much else to be seen, other than a Coot, Ruddy Duck, Mallard, Gadwall, Yellow-headed Blackbird, Red-winged Blackbird, a pair of Barrow's Goldeneye - and a Muskrat. Felt so good to enjoy a real spring day, especially after something like 10" of snow fell over the weekend - almost afraid to check the long-term weather forecast in case it shows snow, ha.
"In Bluebirds, the blue colour is produced by the structure of the feather - there is no blue pigment. "Tiny air pockets in the barbs of feathers can scatter incoming light, resulting in a specific, non-iridescent color. Blue colors in feathers are almost always produced in this manner. Examples include the blue feathers of Bluebirds, Indigo Buntings, Blue Jay's and Steller's Jays."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountain_bluebird
www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Mountain_Bluebird/id
www.jstor.org/discover/pgs/index?id=10.2307/4077277&i...
Not too much else to be seen, other than a Coot, Ruddy Duck, Mallard, Gadwall, Yellow-headed Blackbird, Red-winged Blackbird, a pair of Barrow's Goldeneye - and a Muskrat. Felt so good to enjoy a real spring day, especially after something like 10" of snow fell over the weekend - almost afraid to check the long-term weather forecast in case it shows snow, ha.
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Too bad for your shoulder and the snow.
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