Western Bluebird:
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John Kirk Townsend, 1836:
"Sialia occidentalis., Western Blue Bird. Description. Colour bright blue; shoulders and lower part of the breast, chestnut-rufous; chin and upper part of the breast, azure; belly and vent faintly tinged with blue. Female and young, grayish, faintly tinged with blue, becoming brighter on the rump, wings and tail; beneath, pale rufous, and gray. The bill is longer than that of the common native species, which it strongly resembeles in many respects. Inhabits the plains of the Columbia river."
-- (Source: John Kirk Townsend, 1836, Description of Twelve New Species of Birds, chiefly from the vicinity of the Columbia river, IN: Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1837, Vol.II, Part II.)
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Western Bluebird, Mosier Oregon.
Nice sunny spring day.
Image taken May 4, 2011.
Canon EOS 7d, 400mm.
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Toutle River, Washington ...
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Western Bluebird, male (left) and female in nestbox (right), Toutle River, Washington.
Image taken May 17, 2011.
Canon EOS 60d, 200z.
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female in nestbox, Toutle River, Washington.
Image taken May 17, 2011.
Canon EOS 60d, 200z.
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Western Bluebird, male (left) and female (right), Toutle River, Washington.
Image taken May 30, 2011.
Canon EOS 7d, 400mm.
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Western Bluebirds feeding young, Toutle River, Washington.
Image taken May 30, 2011.
Canon EOS 7d, 400mm.
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Benton County Fairgrounds, Corvallis, Oregon ...
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Western Bluebird, male, Corvallis, Oregon.
Benton County Fairgrounds.
Images taken September 27, 2008.
Canon Rebel XSi, 200mm.
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Western Bluebird, female, Corvallis, Oregon.
Benton County Fairgrounds.
Images taken September 27, 2008.
Canon Rebel XSi, 200mm.
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Western Bluebird, female (left) and male (right), Corvallis, Oregon.
Benton County Fairgrounds.
Left image taken September 12, 2009.
Right image taken September 11, 2009.
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... in the Oak Grove ... 2008 ...
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Western Bluebird, female, Corvallis, Oregon.
Benton County Fairgrounds.
Images taken September 28, 2008.
Canon Rebel XSi, 200mm.
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Western Bluebird, female, Corvallis, Oregon.
Benton County Fairgrounds.
Images taken September 28, 2008.
Canon Rebel XSi, 200mm.
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Western Bluebirds, Corvallis, Oregon.
Benton County Fairgrounds.
Images taken September 28, 2008.
Canon Rebel XSi, 200mm.
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