Western Bluebird ((Sialia currucoides)), 15 April 2006 - Lake Don Pedro, Tuolumne County, California.
This nice male posed for a picture. This is the West Coast subspecies S. m. occidentalis which averages slightly paler blue and usually has less extensive chestnut on the back and scapulars than other races. Olympus D-550z / Nikon FieldScope 3 / 30XWA (hand-held - no adapter). |