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Western Bluebird (juvenile)

Sialia mexicana

Photo by Jellis
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

Adults are a thrush with blue hooded, back, wings and tail. Reddish in chest and grey belly.
Juveniles show the eye rings, spotted underparts and brown head, back, wings and tail. You can see the start of the blue on parts of the wings.

Habitat:

Spotted in a park with oak trees.

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Comments (1)

Jellis, It is a "fairytale shimmer" to this series, I think it looks fantastic! Tina
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PublishedJune 2, 2013

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