Young male nuttall's seems to be a regular back yard visitor...
Male Nuttall's woodpecker
Can't see his red top here, but this is the same bird
...working the same branches of the old oak tree in the back yard, is the white-breasted nuthatch...they also hide nuts and seeds in the branches, so they go back to find them again later.
Has he found something? White-breasted nuthatch, back yard
Pygmy nuthatches all feeding themselves now
Is there a family of red-shouldered hawks? Was trying to photograph one, when I saw there were two of them sitting together in the orchard trees.
This is a favorite spot in the back orchard, at least one of these hawks sits here every day.
| In a tree close by the hawk in photo above this morning, a smaller hawk was sitting, perhaps a juvenile is being raised by the other two adults? |
Red-shouldered hawk streaking across back orchard
Spotted towhee in the back yard.
Spotted towhee
Anna's hummer, back yard
This might be an immature male Anna's hummer, in the back yard
Same bird, doing a tongue check
Band-tailed pigeons - they love peanuts
Question: how many band-tailed pigeons can you fit into a squirrel feeder?