sialia currucoides – Feathered Photography

Male Mountain Bluebird – Haughty And Proud

And with a definite attitude.

The rest of the story. I know, I’ve been telling a lot of “rest of the stories” lately.

A situation where gushing hormones aren’t necessarily your friend.

The combination of innocence, curiosity and exuberance in very young birds can be fun to watch, if difficult to explain.

Sometimes it’s hard to assign motivation or intention to a behavior, especially when it involves an ungainly and inexperienced young bird.

Plus an adult male ‘wearing to dark’.

It isn’t Rodin’s The Thinker but it still makes me wonder what birds might think about.

A more comprehensive look at the Mountain Blubird pair near their nest cavity in the mountains.

These two siblings seemed almost joined at the hip. Even their movements were choreographed.

To get extraordinary images it helps immensely to be inspired by knowing what is possible if you just keep trying.