Signs of life

[heartssdesire]

I saw the first bluebirds this morning, a whisper of spring. I understand why they're called the bluebird of happiness. There are things I like about winter, but the signs of spring still stir up a feeling of joy. Bluebirds really are a glorious, radiant blue, much brighter than any other blue-feathered bird that lives here. Against the still-

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[arethinn]

Bluebirds? We have bluebirds?

These guys?

(I thought bluebirds only lived east of the Mississippi, so I looked it up. Didn't know there was such a thing as a Western Bluebird.)

[heartssdesire]

Yup, them's the ones. The males are often even brighter than that picture shows.

I didn't know about western bluebirds either, until I moved out here and saw them. But it turns out it's not just up in my mountains, they have them in the Sunol and Altamont hills too.