{"id":32432,"date":"2023-04-19T16:14:04","date_gmt":"2023-04-19T23:14:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/?p=32432"},"modified":"2023-04-19T16:14:04","modified_gmt":"2023-04-19T23:14:04","slug":"flying-blue-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/?p=32432","title":{"rendered":"Flying blue"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Mountain Bluebirds have been with us for a short time now, but they do not appear to be as numerous as last year.\u00a0 So far I have only seen the male. Maybe it is the cold weather.\u00a0 Hopefully, they&#8217;ll stay a while before they move farther north.<\/p>\n<p>I looked at a slice of the pictures of this bird found on the Internet and discovered that most show it perched rather than flying. However, buoyed by my experiences last year, I decided to try to catch it in flight. Unlike last year, so far there are no shots of it flying with food.<\/p>\n<p>Okay, one shot of it perched, albeit one that is unusual by showing a spread tail.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-32439\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/mountainbluebird230415as2.jpg\" alt=\"\" onclick=\"return false\" onmousedown=\"return false\" width=\"720\" height=\"720\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Although flight shots generally show much more wing, they are more difficult to get. Photo by Cynthia Fraser.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-32437\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/mountainbluebird230414accfs.jpg\" alt=\"\" onclick=\"return false\" onmousedown=\"return false\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Banking in a tight curve is a shot I did not get before.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-32433\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/mountainbluebird230414cs2.jpg\" alt=\"\" onclick=\"return false\" onmousedown=\"return false\" width=\"720\" height=\"720\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This is one of my favourite shots.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-32436\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/mountainbluebird230415bs.jpg\" alt=\"\" onclick=\"return false\" onmousedown=\"return false\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The bluebird has an undulating flight pattern whereby it spends part time with its wing tucked.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-32438\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/mountainbluebird230414as.jpg\" alt=\"\" onclick=\"return false\" onmousedown=\"return false\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The object of each foray is to capture the bugs and insects on ground.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-32435\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/mountainbluebird230414bs.jpg\" alt=\"\" onclick=\"return false\" onmousedown=\"return false\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Mountain Bluebirds have been with us for a short time now, but they do not appear to be as numerous as last year.\u00a0 So far I have only seen the male. 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