WESTERN BLUEBIRDS YESTERDAY

 I was taking a break from a hike and found a bench to sit on - I saw movement kind of far away but only had my sunglasses with me.  I had to trust that I could get some pics and it was only after I took them that I saw what kind of birds they were.

WHILE UP AT BIG BEAR LAKE

 We were walking through an area called STanfield Marsh when we would see these western bluebirds, fly up from the ground and perch on these very thin branched wheat looking bushes.  There were many of them - it must be the season for them up there.  The marsh has little water in it now - mostly just close to the little island out in the middle.  A few years back the whole area was beautiful with lots of water. 

The whole marsh is quite a walk if you leave from the bridge area and go across to behind the houses where there is a road that leads up to the hwy.  We finally took it and it was a good work out because some of the wheat looking plants are taller in some areas and the marsh bed is  damp from snow that melted and sunk in.