Chestnut-backed chickadee, Camp Meeker Chickadees show up at my front yard feeders and water bowls, bringing other small birds with them.
The chickadees always travel in groups, & other small birds often join them for security in numbers.
The chickadees always travel in groups, & other small birds often join them for security in numbers.
Ruby-crowned kinglet coming down out of forest canopy to feeders, front yard, Camp Meeker (you can see tiniest hint of red feathering on his head)
Ruby-crowned kinglet, camp meeker
Out of focus shot, Townsend Warbler. front yard - a few times this warbler has been with the chickadees when they visit.
| A few small groups of Pygmy Nuthatches showing up a couple of different times a day, always when the chickadees are also there. |  Pygmy nuthatch cautiously approaching the feeders |
Partly shaded Pygmy Nuthatch, Camp Meeker - hopefully better photos to come!
Chestnut-backed chickadee at the hanging water bowl, front yard
Female Anna's hummer, front yard
Another view, female Anna's hummingbird
The sparrows have been in the yard, once the bird bath happened. Here is a fox sparrow, drinking with the Buddha. Robins also use the bird bath in the mornings.
 |  Fox sparrow - a large ground foraging bird |
Stellar Jay on the fence, they were the first to appear of all the birds, along with the scrub jays
Also, the dark-eyed juncos have to be the most numerous. This is a male on the porch.
Hermit Thrush
And the very handsome golden-crowned sparrow, camp meeker