robertjerl Loc: Corona, California

Western Bluebird

https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Western_Bluebird/id

cfbudd Loc: Atlanta, Georgia

Thank you.

My kids gifted me with live mealworms. The bluebirds discovered them in that blue dish and go into a frenzy for them.

Chet

Curmudgeon Loc: SE Arizona

Western Bluebird

cfbudd Loc: Atlanta, Georgia

I go with eastern, as shown here: https://dantallmansbirdblog.blogspot.com/2013/09/western-vs-eastern-bluebird.html

cfbudd Loc: Atlanta, Georgia

On second thought, I don't know. His photo shows characteristics of the Western, too.

Maybe it's a mid-western bluebird?

sb Loc: Florida's East Coast

Great photo! I use the Merlin Ap from Cornell on my iPhone to ID birds - but it is very specific to location. You can enter whatever location you want, though. I recently discovered this when it did not list frigate birds or even brown pelicans in my area of Florida (frigate birds are an occasional visitor this far north and brown pelicans are like pigeons along the nearby shore and river). My home location is maybe six miles from the ocean - and it is true, I never see either of those birds from my home - but when I entered the beach location on the map screen it listed a large number of birds, including those, not listed inland.

Guy850 Loc: Connecticut

I just used the Merlin ID app and it identified it as an Eastern Bluebird.

ricardo00

What location did you put in the Merlin ID app?

Guy850 Loc: Connecticut

Northeast.

Earnest Botello Loc: Hockley, Texas

Great capture.

ricardo00

Try again with southern California where he saw it.

JeffDavidson Loc: Originally Detroit Now Los Angeles

Eastern Bluebird and an excellent image.

robertjerl Loc: Corona, California

That is why it said Eastern, they only go west to the Texas/New Mexico border and in Mexico north to the SE tip of Arizona.

The Western Bluebird is in CA, Mexico and the Southwest.

The ranges of the two overlap in Western Texas and parts of Central Mexico. Then there is the Mountain Bluebird (this isn't one) and their range also overlaps in places.

Interbreeding happens rarely in those overlap zones. But some birders think it is becoming more common.

Go to this site: https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Western_Bluebird/id Then towards the bottom you find similar birds and can jump to their pages and back to compare. Up at the top to the right of center you will see "Maps" and can see their ranges color coded as to Year Around, Breeding and Nonbreeding(wintering) and Migration only.

Being seen in Southern California this would be a Western Blue Bird. They are fairly common in areas they prefer. People about 10-15 miles from me post pictures of large numbers coming to bird baths or feeders of live meal worms. You can see pictures of them on "Backyard Birds of the Inland Empire" on Face Book. Oh, and diet can effect colors since many feather colors depend on certain vitamins and minerals being present in the food.

Mr Bill 2011 Loc: southern Indiana

right click and Google search says Western Bluebird. Google the photo below it, and that one is identified as Eastern Bluebird. Looks like the only real difference is the western Bluebird has a blue throat while the eastern one is more orange.

flathead27ford Loc: Colorado, North of Greeley

Beautiful little poppet.