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Young scrub jay

6/12/2014

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PictureYoung scrub jay, fence past the old orchard






























Difficult to think of these birds as cute, but there you have it.  

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Young scrub jay
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The more I noticed him with the camera, the flatter he tried to make himself on the top of the fence...

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Goldfinch working the new sprouts on top of some tall pine or fir trees, near private house past the old orchard

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Goldfinch, struggling for balance, at tip top of trees
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This western bluebird posed for a long time, private drive near Furlong Rd.

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Oak Titmouse on wire fence, private drive
PictureBluebird fledgling peering intensely down from its perch





























One of the backyards was busy with juvenile bluebirds plus adults, as well as goldfinches and house finch hunting and feeding in the grasses.


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BLUEBIRD JUVENILE ON THE GROUND IN PURSUIT OF BUGS
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Western bluebird juvenile, in private yard
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Among the house finches in the yard was this beautiful red finch, framed by the grasses they were feeding on.

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As I return to house, I check on the bluebird nest - here's the male with a caterpillar.

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Male Western Bluebird delivering caterpillar meal at nest hole, old apple tree
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In the tall grasses near the house, saw this jack rabbit crouched as small as he could get, hoping I wouldn't see him.


He didn't move a muscle when the camera started clicking - I did see his nose twitching, but that's all.

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The resident female red-tailed hawk zoomed by, heading for a favorite perch by the road, which overlooks the lower orchard, part of her realm.

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