{"id":149,"date":"2022-10-22T11:14:29","date_gmt":"2022-10-22T15:14:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lookoutnow.net\/blog\/?p=149"},"modified":"2022-10-22T11:14:29","modified_gmt":"2022-10-22T15:14:29","slug":"bluebirds-having-fun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lookoutnow.net\/blog\/2022\/10\/22\/bluebirds-having-fun\/","title":{"rendered":"Bluebirds Having Fun"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I tend to think of birds, or animals in general, as being too busy with the stuff of life (such as eating, sleeping, and so forth), but they do have a sense of fun or – given that bluebirds are my subject here – of happiness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

The first photo doesn’t appear particularly “fun-like,” but the eastern bluebirds were only beginning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Eastern bluebirds.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

It does look as if one of the bluebirds was being driven away, but he was soon back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Eastern bluebirds – at rest, mostly.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

After sitting quietly for some seconds, the game began.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Eastern bluebirds having fun.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

One bluebird flew around the trunk to find out what was what with another bluebird.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Eastern bluebirds: Lining up.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Note how one bluebird carefully lines up with another.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Eastern bluebirds having fun.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

And take that!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nothing like a little push to make someone’s day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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