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BlueBirds

For Blog City: Write about the Bluebird of Happiness.

Bluebirds have been a symbol of happiness for years uncountable. The Bluebird of Happiness Day in the USA is September 24, 2023.

One of the first mentions of Bluebirds as a symbol occurred in China. Some Chinese thought the blue bird was immortal and a symbol of the sun.

In reality, the small blue bird with the orange chest (the Eastern Blue Bird) has a lovely song, is devoted to its family, and exhibits beautiful colors. They are welcome in gardens, because they eat insects and plant destroying bugs of many kinds. Like many birds their numbers are diminishing in parts of the world.

A phrase, Bluebird Days depicts a sunny day following a storm.

A 1934 musical recording, The Bluebird of Happiness became an international hit in 1945.

In 1908 Maurice Maeterlinck published a play "The Bluebird" which became an opera, numerous different movies, as well as a novel written for children.

New York's bird symbol is the Eastern Bluebird. More than one state uses a blue bird as a symbol.

Robert Frost wrote a children's poem "The Last Word of a Bluebird" https://rainydaypoems.com/poems-for-kids/nature-poems/the-last-word-of-a-bluebir...

Birds of all kinds are symbols. Isaiah 40:31 and Job 12:7 are two examples.

Hope your days are Bluebird Days.