I've been hearing this bird's beautiful lilting whistle call in the parks, and finally started seeing them, this one checking out my front yard bird bath and feeder. A largish migratory sparrow, it arrives in late summer and leaves by late spring.
Golden-crowned sparrow, camp meeker
Male dark-eyed junco, also on front yard fence
Female (pale eyes) Bushtit in the Laguna.
Male bushtit, dark eyes
 Cedar waxwings in this area of the Laguna due to the wild grapes |  Cedar waxwing |
Cedar waxwing
Juvenile cedar waxwing, the Laguna
Female Anna's hummer, the Laguna
 Wild rose hips |  Among the bird flurries in the Laguna, were gray squirrels |
In the reeds surrounding the Laguna pond, the red-winged blackbird
 Adult black-crowned night heron |  An adult (left) and a junvenile black-crowned night heron at the Laguna pond |
Small group of male mallards
Northern shoveler, eclipse plumage, the Laguna pond
Overcast day, the white-tailed kite, hunting again in the Laguna
Ready to pounce, the white-tailed kite
Moulting western bluebird? On one of the trail signs, in the Laguna
Another migratory sparrow, the white-crowned sparrow, also in the park
Looking much like the black phoebe, this is the Say's phoebe, hunting in the dry grasses for insects
Another view, Say's Phoebe
The Say's phoebe hovers like the white tailed kite, only close to the ground, watching the grasses for insects.
Say's phoebe, hunting
Beautiful Great Blue Heron drinking water in the Laguna pond
Male lesser goldfinch, eating seeds in the park
Male lesser goldfinch
Female lesser goldfinch, exhibiting almost perfect camouflage among the grasses