The Fighting Bluebird

We left the Smokies and moved on west across Tennessee and Kentucky all the way to Paducah, nearly on the Mississippi.  There we camped on the west shore of Kentucky Lake, and for 3 days we watched a bluebird fighting its reflection in the neighbouring camper's window!

The trailers were close together, and the neighbours, who apparently only came on weekends, had left chairs outside.  The bluebird sat there - until it saw its reflection!

 Once it saw the other bluebird, it obviously started defending its territory.

 

Repeatedly it jumped up against the window, but had no luck driving away the reflection.  It just stayed there, and we watched it for some time repeat this performance.

 Once or twice it stopped on our car too, finding another bluebird in that window!

But I did manage one natural shot of the bluebird.  This was the best bluebird watching we've ever enjoyed, and right outside our camper.  When they visit here in the summer they tend to be fairly secretive, because they're busy nesting and raising young.