The face of El Capitan, Yosemite Valley Cutting back home through Yosemite - from the Merced area, it's a pretty easy drive up Higway 140 into the Valley.
 From a distance, a female downy the first evening in the park |  Perky robins at the tops of the trees, Yosemite. |
Beautiful fall color, Yosemite National Park
Townsend warbler along the Merced river in the Valley
Dark-eyed junco, Yosemite Valley
Lots of brown creepers in the park, this one in a small tree along the Merced river in the Valley
Best and only shot of the mountain chickadee, along the Merced river, Yosemite Valley
Stellars' Jay reflected in the Merced river, Yosemite Valley
Red-breasted nuthatch was among the group of small birds all traveling together, Merced river, Yosemite Valley
Some purple wildflowers still in bloom, Yosemite Valley
 Further along, where the Valley trees are thicker and very tall, a small group of white-headed woodpeckers were softly hammering, Yosemite. Sorry for the poor photo, have to return for a better one! |  With the white-headed woodpeckers in the same tall, dark trees was this female yellow-bellied sapsucker - apologies again for poor photo. Just to document variety of birds. |
Deciduous trees turning, Yosemite Valley
Climbers' tent, El Capitan, Yosemite There were climbers camped on the sheer rock face of El Capitan, and many people in the park were watching their progress upwards, with binoculars and powerful cameras and scopes.
Way high in the treetops along the Valley floor, cedar waxwings, Yosemite.