A golden crowned Sparrow eating blossoms off of a blueberry bush.
A golden crowned sparrow staring boldly into the camera.
A golden crowned sparrow in profile
Clearly doesn't care as he eats flowers that I've looking forward to those blueberries.
#birds #backyard_birds #sparrow
Two crows sitting side by side in a maple tree.
Two crows in a maple tree.
Not sure if this is a romance or a gossip session.
#crow #birds #backyard_birds
An Anna's hummingbird probing amongst the newly forming pine cones of a fir tree.
An Anna's hummingbird looking for sap or insects in a fir tree.
Today I learned that Anna's hummingbirds sip sap from pine and fir trees. I wondered what it was doing darting back and forth in the tree branch ends.
#hummingbird #birds #backyard_birds
A crow calling out in the maple tree.
A warbler peering into the distance.
A golden crowned sparrow hopping along the ground
An Anna's hummingbird taking a break on a branch.
Everyone in the garden seems to be enjoying the sunshine breaking through the gray.
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An Anna's hummingbird gleaming green.
Such glorious feathers in the sunshine!
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A downy woodpecker investigating moss in the neighbor's maple tree.
A downy woodpecker investigating lichen and moss on the branch of a maple tree.
Pretty sure this is a downy woodpecker as there are some markings on the white tail feathers, and the beak is short, but it's possible that it is a hairy woodpecker instead.
#Backyard_birds #birds #woodpecker
A song sparrow singing loudly in a bare plum tree.
Singing away in the plum tree.
#OpenBeak #birdoftheday #backyard_birds #birds
A Cooper's hawk perched on a trellis, scoping out the songbird situation near the feeders.
Here, have a Cooper's hawk. It is in my backyard to eat my songbirds. It is a representation of the Zoom meeting I just finished.
I am the songbirds.
#backyard_birds #birds #hawk
An Anna's hummingbird perched on a twig against a blue sky
And Anna's hummingbird with feathers fluffed out. You can see the downy leg covers from this angle.
An Anna's hummingbird against the bright blue sky.
A male Anna's hummingbird, all fluffed up and looking very cranky.
More hummingbird stalking in the garden. Such a cranky looking species. And not good at sharing - there are a few of them and they keep running each other off.
#backyard_birds #birds #hummingbird
A lesser goldfinch perched on a mossy maple tree branch.
An Anna's hummingbird perched on a tree branch and silhouetted against a dark gray sky.
It was a very gray day of backyard birding.
#silhouettes&shadows #birdoftheday #backyard_birds #birds
A lesser goldfinch on the ground surrounded by sprouting maple seedlings.
A lesser goldfinch on the ground surrounded by sprouting maple seedlings and looking into the camera.
For #birdoftheday, this slightly blurry #grounded lesser goldfinch among the multitude of germinating maple seedlings.
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A varied thrush
A spotted towhee
An Anna's hummingbird.
A lesser goldfinch
Visitors to the hawthorne tree this evening.
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Anna's hummingbird in motion against a blue sky.
Anna's hummingbird perched on a small branch.
Tried so hard to get a decent photo of this Anna's hummingbird in flight, but it refused to hover in one place long enough. It did agree to perch, however.
#hummingbird #backyard_birds #birds
A male rufous hummingbird perched on a twig.
Very excited to get this single picture, because I've only seen a Rufous hummingbird in my backyard once before a few years ago.
#backyard_birds #birds #hummingbird
A constant stream of visitors to the feeder despite the rain.
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A varied thrush looking at the camera, perched on a wet folder.
A varied thrush looking for dropped seeds on the ground below the bird feeder.
The varied thrush scratching through wet leaves at the edge of the lawn.
The varied thrush is back, despite the rain.
#backyard_birds #birds #thrush
A varied thrush on a fence.
Varied thrush on the back fence.
#BirdoftheDay #sideprofiles #backyard_birds #birds
Finches in a couple of colorways.
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Sotted towhee on a branch in the brush.
It is hard to get the spotted towhee to sit still enough to get a photo. They usually hop/fly off as soon as I come out with the camera.
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House finches in a forsythia bush.
A female house finch perched on a branch
A chickadee on a blackberry vine
A varied thrush perched in the pomegranate tree.
Went out to sit with the birds in the backyard to calm down from all the news.
#backyard_birds #birds
Chestnut backed chickadee on a wire trellis.
Song sparrow looking through seeds on the ground.
Lesser goldfinch in a persimmon tree.
Dark-eyed junco perched in a bush.
Some of today's backyard visitors.
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More bushtits visiting - cheers me up every time I watch it.
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I've never had bushtits at this feeder before - generally they only come when the suet is out
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A male lesser goldfinch perched on the bare branch of a persimmon tree.
A little bit of color in the winter sunlight.
#backyard_birds #goldfinch #birds
Frozen water in a bird bath.
A close-up of ice on top of a bird bath
Time to melt the bird bath.
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Male house finch perched in a bush
A red-eyed spotted towhee hopping on the ground.
A golden-crowned sparrow on a wire staring into the camera.
The weekend's backyard bird list:
Dark-eyed juncos
Anna's hummingbird
Chestnut backed chickadees
Black-capped chickadees
Crows
Spotted towhee
Ruby-crowned kinglet
House finches
Song sparrows
Golden-crowned sparrows
Lesser goldfinches
Bushtits
Red-tailed hawk
_?_ Gull
#backyard_birds #birds
A ruby-crowned kinglet perched in a forsythia bush.
I don't see kinglets in the backyard very often - I think this is only the third time.
#backyard_birds #birds #kinglet
An Anna's hummingbird on a forsythia twig.
An Anna's hummingbird perched in a bush.
An Anna's hummingbird glimmering green against a blue sky.
Resting in between bouts of running off sparrows and finches.
#backyard_birds #hummingbird #birds
Song sparrow on a stump, in profile.
Song sparrow on a stump, face turned towards the camera.
Song sparrows look perfectly pleasant in profile, and utterly grumpy face-on.
#backyard_birds #song_sparrow #birds
