3/23/02 Calle Centro, La Cresta, Murrieta, SW Riverside County, CA
7/28/02 Near visitor center (Mountain Station) at Mt. San Jacinto State Park, Riverside County, CA
3/17/11 Female at a nesting box on our property. La Cresta, Murrieta, Riverside County, CA
LIFE LIST NOTES:
COMMON NAME: Western Bluebird
COMMON NAME: Western Bluebird
SPECIES: Sialia mexicana
FAMILY: Turdidae (Thrushes)
FAMILY: Turdidae (Thrushes)
LIFE LIST DATE: 4/8/2000
LOCATION: Santa Rosa Plateau Ecological Reserve, Murrieta, Riverside County, CA
From Kaufman Focus Guide-Birds of North America:
HABITAT/BEHAVIOR: Widespread in west, sometimes common in open country. Large flocks may gather in juniper woods in winter.
IDENTIFYING MARKS: 7"; Male deep purplish blue on upper parts and throat, reddish brown on chest and sometimes center of back; belly gray. Blue throat and gray belly are distinctions from Eastern Bluebird. Female much duller and grayer than male, with solid gray throat. Juvenile is spotted.
IDENTIFYING MARKS: 7"; Male deep purplish blue on upper parts and throat, reddish brown on chest and sometimes center of back; belly gray. Blue throat and gray belly are distinctions from Eastern Bluebird. Female much duller and grayer than male, with solid gray throat. Juvenile is spotted.
VOICE: Short mellow warble. Call notes include soft tung or tew, often given in flight.
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