I’ve been seeing a couple of bluebirds flitting around, mostly in the neighbor’s front yard. Tonight I saw one in our front yard while I was walking Katie. No camera. Dog.
You know the usual excuses.
But I smiled that I even saw him and Katie and I continued on our walk.
This evening as the sun was going down I noticed this guy sitting in the back yard on the garden fence and I shot through a filthy window while he posed.
It’s not perfect, but it makes me smile.
Then he hopped up on our rain guage and posed again. Just to be sure I got his good side, I suppose.
He even stared at me for awhile, and didn’t fly off.
In fact, I gave up before he finally flew down into the grass for some tasty morsel. I think I have to figure out how to be outside in the evenings if he’s going to hang around. Images without dirty glass between him and me might be spectacular.
Just the thought makes me smile.
Change Is Hard 
April 22, 2021 at 9:51 pm
Nice images no matter what! Such pretty birds.
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April 23, 2021 at 1:37 pm
They sure are, aren’t they!
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April 22, 2021 at 10:12 pm
What a beautiful little bluebird and he seems to be posing for you! This sure made me SMILE!! 😀💕
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April 23, 2021 at 1:37 pm
I’m glad!
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April 23, 2021 at 7:15 am
Bluebirds are so beautiful. I think you captured the little fellow very well, but more importantly is the experience, the meeting between the two of you. 🙂
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April 23, 2021 at 1:38 pm
Yes, it was special to sit and watch him watch me.
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April 23, 2021 at 7:40 am
You can’t help but smile when a Bluebird shows up!
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April 23, 2021 at 1:38 pm
That’s the truth!
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April 23, 2021 at 7:57 am
Very nice. he was posing… I think the best bluebird photos I have taken have been shooting from inside a car (windows down, of course).
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April 23, 2021 at 1:38 pm
I wish I could have rolled my living room windows down!
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April 24, 2021 at 8:48 am
lol, I’m sure. That begin said, I have opened house windows, even in the dead of winter when it was about 0 F, to get a photo 😉 But your bluebird shots were good 🙂
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April 23, 2021 at 8:38 am
Yay, it’s the bluebird of happiness. Great photos
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April 23, 2021 at 1:38 pm
thank you, he made me happy!
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April 23, 2021 at 2:13 pm
Aw, he’s so pretty! Even captured through a window — which doesn’t seem that dirty to me — he’s stunning. And yes, he made me smile, too. By the way, I guess if Katie’s out walking, she’s feeling better??
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April 24, 2021 at 9:27 pm
I think Katie feels pretty good. Tonight she seemed like the old Katie. But it’s the KD food that is causing angst now. She doesn’t like it. We’re on to version 4 of it which she will eat if I hand feed it to her. We have version 5 coming tomorrow. She still likes to go for walks, and she thinks she likes to eat until she finds out what it is. She got her staples (21 of them!) out today.
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April 23, 2021 at 2:54 pm
I hope you get more chances for photos! I hope Katie is doing okay!
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April 24, 2021 at 9:28 pm
Katie is doing pretty well. I don’t know how long we have with her. She’s got kidney issues now too (that we didn’t know about till lately) but we’re trying to get her to eat the KD food for that. She’s on a bunch of anti-biotics for 4 more weeks because they found bacteria in the biopsies they did. So we shall see. I’m trying to enjoy each day, and she seems pretty happy just to be with us too.
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April 23, 2021 at 7:33 pm
What a pretty bird. Thank you for paying attention. Made me smile. 🙂 Sending love to Katie.
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April 23, 2021 at 7:34 pm
Thank you. It’s been a long day today of trying to get her to eat.
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April 24, 2021 at 10:31 pm
Ouch, hurts my heart … maybe it just takes some time. In the end though, she knows you love her and she’s doing her best too. Sending love to all of you.
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April 24, 2021 at 11:17 am
Not bad for a ‘through the window shot.’ I can’t tell you how many times I have shot through the windshield of a car. I also live by the adage, ‘if it makes me smile.’
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April 24, 2021 at 9:29 pm
I like your adage.
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April 24, 2021 at 12:41 pm
He’s so adorable that he doesn’t look real!
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April 24, 2021 at 9:29 pm
I agree. I don’t know why more of him isn’t in focus…the camera said he was in focus, but I think the window confused us all.
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April 24, 2021 at 7:07 pm
You have to love them bluebirds. Glad woo are doing well.
Gemini & Normandy
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April 24, 2021 at 9:29 pm
We sure do!
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April 25, 2021 at 9:55 pm
Dirty windows are the bane of dog-owning photographers! You are so right–every time I step into the yard, the dog is there with me. I periodically actually wash my windows to make it easier to get shots, but— they get dirty again! What’s with that?
How nice that you got a poser for these shots.
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April 25, 2021 at 9:59 pm
Yep. I washed dog nose prints off the glass door today and thought that someday I’d be sad there weren’t any.
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April 26, 2021 at 8:14 am
I don’t think I have ever seen a Bluebird – so pretty! Clever commentary. 🙂
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April 28, 2021 at 6:08 am
We have been seeing some bluebirds again. Once the freeze came they all left shocked as we were they tried to outrun it. I guess they are finally returning they are some of my favorite birds. Cute pics.
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