There are three species of bluebirds, all found in North America: the eastern, western and mountain bluebird. I love seeing bluebirds. Near my home in Indiana, I can only see one species ...

Juvenile: very similar to western bluebird, but with tertials fringed cinnamon; immatures discernable with duller upperparts and browner primary coverts. Flight as in other bluebirds; pale wing ...

And maybe a bluebird. Western bluebirds breed in Boulder County but are fairly rare in winter. (Glenn Cushman – courtesy photo) In mid-December, seven bald eagles and multitudes of mergansers ...