Very quiet day here. Rain outside, reading a book inside. How about some bird pictures?
This was actually one of a flock of six bluebirds I saw this week. One year, there was a pair that even stayed here through the winter. I love the bluebirds!
![bluebird](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDGXv4JrrsxU56iZOakeFsA3eH3AtEzhau-m3KufeUjvlisSjR8ZnWnkxX2qmfmAbrj5B2Ag0vsjdhpgNY0WNr-nI5vpeHpfQi9LTKAMdt5C9vXpXCRS0JQua5_uT4wirFtxGcp2bLTLc/s1600/bluebird021.jpg)
Of course, the starlings make their presence felt in the fall as they gather in huge flocks. But this one juvenile was just hanging out. I have to admit they are fairly attractive at this stage.
![starling juvenile](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCGXTR-61OthvRIGuo2F1DDcWWUhjsY6Y42WTI6qWHCtXnceh5p05fp0KSnxrUYKxurstesC_BStT-xTR11YyVDx3e0IY0b61RXMjQMZed7mozHKJqpZQzxpDi9cpg22WDAZi1-J9A8Ds/s1600/starling02.jpg)
The oddity is this flying bird, captured mostly by luck on the Muskegon River. The picture is terrible, and I am only showing it too you because it's a bit of a puzzle. It's the size of a blue heron, and probably is a juvenile, or perhaps a leucistic one (mostly white), but the feet are quite pink. They really should be darker.
![juvenile blue heron](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5sL4qFEB7h-RK29zB_tGcVCYHL_RaRba2wHx9cgZmqoRwcnCfeYyzIohEgS9A05Ol0p3rgA2pwqoqmjz7NRKcDHfbI3Q3l_t89iANC8XratlPz2puoNALfWCqeOJp0CN64tnp2gHi5z0/s1600/BlueHeron17.jpg)
Sorry, but I have to get back to my book. It's totally compelling. (The Onion Field by Joseph Wambaugh)
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2 comments:
I have never spotted a bluebird here. Starlings we get tons of.
Enjoy the book. I'll probably doing some reading today since I see it's raining out again.
Just the other day, I saw a similar size flock of bluebirds around our garden (mostly finished for this year).
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