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Tuesday 5th June 2007, 23:30
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ID help - bluebird? Northwestern suburbs, Minneapolis, MN
I found this pair hanging out together. Is the white bird on the right also a bluebird? Seems to have the same shape and a hint of the chest coloring. Are they often this light, or not?
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Tuesday 5th June 2007, 23:32
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Same size, same shape, same habit: also a Western Bluebird. Where did you take the photo?
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Wednesday 6th June 2007, 00:12
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Wednesday 6th June 2007, 00:49
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Wednesday 6th June 2007, 01:38
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Is it abnormally light-colored, or within the normal range of color variation?
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Wednesday 6th June 2007, 01:41
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It is an exceptionally pale looking Eastern Bluebird.
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Wednesday 6th June 2007, 04:23
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Hi All,
The lighting in the photo looks somewhat tricky to me. The male is perched on the shaded half of the limb, while the female is mostly in bright sun on the sunny half of the limb. My guess is that the exposure is such that to get a reasonable exposure on the male, the female became rather overexposed. Chris
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Wednesday 6th June 2007, 07:39
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It's true that the exposure and glare off the lighter bird results in somewhat less saturated colors, but I don't believe it's too far off. It looked nothing like the color of the birds in my field guides, at least.
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Wednesday 6th June 2007, 12:30
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Eastern Bluebirds can be quite lightly colored, at least here in Missouri where it is our "state bird" and consequently I see a lots of them.
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