Bluebirds and Blue Birds Photo Gallery by Mark Dreiling at pbase.com

Bluebirds and Blue Birds

Sort of... The bluebirds, bluejays and indigo buntings have no blue pigment in their feathers.
Discussions of the optical effects at play here can be found around the Internet, like: http://www.knoxnews.com/kns/lifestyles_columnists/article/0,1406,KNS_337_4743267,00.html
The "Lighting Buntings" gallery shows the response of the irridescent feathers of the Indigo and Painted Buntings to different kinds of lighting.
Link to that gallery is https://pbase.com/m3ling/buntings

Lazuli Bunting	Lazuli Bunting	Eastern Bluebird male	Eastern Bluebird male	Eastern Bluebird male
Eastern Bluebird male	Eastern Bluebird female	Young Eastern Bluebird	Eastern Bluebirds	Blue Jay
Blue Jay juvenile	Blue Jay	Blue-gray Gnatcatcher male	Blue-gray Gnatcatchers	Blue-gray Gnatcatcher female
White-breasted Nuthatch	White-breasted Nuthatch	Red-breasted Nuthatch	Red-breasted Nuthatch	Red-breasted Nuthatch
Indigo Bunting male	Indigo Bunting female		Blue Grosbeak female	Painted Bunting young male

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