Here is the next photo set from this morning, the bike in the foreground was extremely loud which I absolutely love! The bird is called a Mountain Bluebird if I recall correctly. Its call is like three screeches in a row, there were three of them flitting from bush to bush as the Golden Mantled Ground Squirrels scurried about below. People were tossing bits of bread for them which made me cringe a bit inside. As with birds, bread has zero nutritional value for them.
https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/california_Scrub-Jay/id
https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Mountain_Bluebird/overview
Thank you so much, Doug! Such a beautiful bird. ❤️
Indeed!
My sister ID’ it as that bird too, she’s been a birder for decades.
Me, too. Knowing you have a birder in the family, I’ll let her straighten her brother out! Regardless, those were excellent photos when a birder can see all the important field marks necessary to I*D a bird.
I found it! It’s a scrub jay.
Okay, thanks Anneli! That makes sense because the bird was flying among the low-growing scrub bushes. Doink.
What a great morning you had, John! And very adventurous! The bird is beautiful and I have never seen it before. Love a squirrel and don’t understand why people are feeding them bread.
Great morning show!
Thank you!
A fine set
Thanks very much, Derrick!
That’s a pretty bird. Looks like a type of jay. Do you know what it is? We don’t have them around here. Not that type.
And I agree about feeding them bread!
One of the guys I was chatting with today said it was a Mountain Bluebird. It’s call is loud and in three screeches in a row. Link:
https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Mountain_Bluebird/id
Okay. Thanks.
I sent the bird photos to my sister via email yesterday, she’s been birding for decades. The says that it’s not a Mountain Bluebird, but I forget what she said it actually is, sorry. My memory left years ago…