Hope this little bird can grow into those feet
Late evening light - the wood pile quail youngsters out and about with their parents, looking larger but still with baby feathers
Male woodpile quail, "on guard" at top of pile
Female adult quail with small group of youngsters
Not far from the quail, at the end of the lower orchard where it intersects with a small woodland area near a field of tall grasses, I found a family of ash-throated flycatchers - however the light was mostly against me, and just got a few good photos.
Ash-throated flycatcher
 | The flycatchers were quite animated, and were feeding in the tall grasses before I scattered them with my intrusion, and chattered back and forth to each other, beautiful, melodic tones in the bright early evening light. |
First sight of babies inside the bluebird nest - you can just see an open beak as one of the adults delivers food
One of the juvenile bluebirds still visiting nest with tiny worms - goes to the nest hole as if delivering food, not sure the chicks inside actually respond.
Small pacific slope flycatcher on the mailbox this morning!
Pacific slope flycatcher, chirping occasionally while looking for insects in the side yard
This little bird jumps around a lot, and will return to different perches in the same area while hunting
...jumped onto the utility cable...
Pacific slope flycatcher at the end of a branch
Acorns and apples are ripening throughout the orchard