The road is not far from where she and Joel live, and they often go there. One spent several weeks at Port Aransas last winter. There are three species of true bluebirds in the United States. Eastern bluebirds may be seen, usually in winter, in Rockport, Flour Bluff and on Padre and Mustang Islands. Eastern bluebird males have deep blue backs and rusty throats, shoulders and breasts.
Females are similar but lighter.
Western resembles eastern Western bluebirds, also not on our list, are found at higher altitudes, in the timbered slopes of the Trans-Pecos Mountains. They resemble the Eastern except the male head is all blue, even the throat, with rust beginning below the bib. Male mountain bluebirds are an unforgettable sight. Their blue is turquoise, dark on the back and lightened on the breast. The female is less spectacular, pale whitish gray all over with white edges on wing feathers that give a scalloped look.