BOBCAT! We almost bumped into each other - he was so well camouflaged, and I was walking in a part of the orchard where no one ever walks, so he could never expect to meet up with a human or other such critter most likely.
Bobcat in the open field where apple trees were removed last year, lower orchard
Bobcat, moving rather reluctantly away...
I had been working my way towards this little back area, where farmland ends and a small isolated woodland exists...here there were some lesser goldfinches eating wild thistle seeds as well as other grass seeds...
Lesser goldfinch eating thistle seed
First you have to pull out all the fuzzy parts...
Male lesser goldfinch
Female lesser goldfinch, eating seed grasses
 Western bluebird juvenile | Walking past the entrance to the farm, one of the juvenile bluebirds sat on the wire fence. |
After that, this small bushtit flock flew with me as I walked back to the house, just coincidentally.
Bushtit in a woodland oak tree
Bushtit
Bushtit, in poison oak bush
Below, this bushtit looks like it is using one of its feet like a hand, to hold a seed pod. Not sure how this bird is actually supporting itself in this photo except for hanging from the seed pod or poison oak berry by one leg.
Bushtit
Acorn woodpecker on an old tree top branch