A "Blue Morning" is Actually a Happy One ~ July 20, 2022

I spent the early morning near the Grand Central landfill in Plainfield Township. It was a "blue morning", which sounds bad, but it was actually a really good one. While there, I saw three 'blue bird' species: Blue Grosbeak, Indigo Bunting, and Eastern Bluebird. Surprisingly, I did not see a Blue Jay. I got some nice photos of a Blue Grosbeak pair.

Male Blue Grosbeak

Female Blue Grosbeak

I also got some fairly good photos of a singing Indigo Bunting.

Male Indigo Bunting

Numbers of Eastern Bluebirds, including young birds, were present.

Female Eastern Bluebird

There were some other interesting birds there that were not blue. A pair of Orchard Orioles were pretty cooperative.

Orchard Oriole pair

Male Orchard Oriole

Female Orchard Oriole

'Fly-by' birds included Black Vultures, Common Ravens, and an immature Bald Eagle.

Black Vulture

Common Raven

Immature Bald Eagle

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