Compact with large upward-facing flowers, award-winning Aquilegia Songbird 'BlueBird' is very eye-catching with its long-spurred, blue and white bicolor flowers, up to 3 in. long (7 cm), rising with natural grace above a lovely fern-like, blue-green foliage. Blooming for 4-6 weeks in late spring to early summer, this perennial is generally short-lived but will self-seed without being annoying. 'BlueBird' is a cultivar of the Songbird Series, which is noted for its compact plants and large upward-facing flowers in shades of blue, red or yellow, often with contrasting white petals.
Many songbirds are known for their colours and sweet melodies. Listen to the songs of beautiful songbirds and learn how these melodies function in courtship and registering territorial presence.
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Sonoma County is located in the San Francisco Bay Area's North Bay, about 45 minutes north of San Francisco. In the county are several different natural environments, including redwood forests, coastal prairies, oak savannas, rivers, estuaries, and beaches. These areas provide excellent habitat for many different species of songbird. Species included: AMERICAN BUSHTIT (Psaltriparus minimus) AMERICAN ROBIN (Turdus migratorius) BLACK PHOEBE (Sayornis nigricans) CALIFORNIA SCRUB JAY (Aphelocoma californica) CALIFORNIA TOWHEE (Melozone crissalis) CEDAR WAXWING (Bombycilla cedrorum) CHESTNUT-BACKED CHICKADEE (Poecile rufescens) DARK-EYED JUNCO (Junco hyemalis) HERMIT THRUSH (Catharus guttatus) LAZULI BUNTING (Passerina amoena) MARSH WREN (Cistothorus palustris) OAK TITMOUSE (Baeolophus inornatus) ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER (Lophostrix cristata) PACIFIC WREN (Troglodytes pacificus) PURPLE FINCH (Lophostrix cristata) RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD (Agelaius phoeniceus) SPOTTED TOWHEE (Pipilo maculatus) STELLER’S JAY (Cyanocitta stelleri) TREE SWALLOW (Tachycineta bicolor) VARIED THRUSH (Ixoreus naevius) VIOLET-PURPLE SWALLOW (Tachycineta thalassina) WESTERN BLUEBIRD (Sialia mexicana) WESTERN MEADOWLARK (Sturnella neglecta) WESTERN TANAGER (Piranga ludoviciana) WHITE-BREASTED NUTHATCH (Sitta carolinensis) WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW (Zonotrichia leucophrys) FREE SHIPPING IN THE US