Tiny Flasher

 

And as ever, look at the teeny feet!

Almost Gone...

The oriole season is coming to a close...this is one of the late fledglings. So happy that we get to enjoy their shenanigans for about 5 months.

Blues

So fun to see bluebirds again in the fountain. This is clearly a young bird as its gape is still yellow at the edges. Plenty of gorgeous blue feathers! 

Aerodynamic

 

Before and After

 

Eleven!

 Eleven little brown birds having a summertime pool party...

Rawrrrrrr

 

Incoming tiny feathered dinosaur...

I Must Say...

 

Adorable little fledglings...

Crabby

 

I think this finch maybe go up on the wrong side of the nest?

Winged

 

Incoming

Incoming Hummer

 

Floof Alert

 

Toupee Warbler

Just kidding...this is actually a Wilson's warbler, migrating through town. Love its little black cap/wig!

Here it shares the fountain with an orange-crowned warbler, a species that seems to be around most of the year here. Love them!

Red and Yellow

 

Pomegranate and oriole.

Beauteous Bluebird

 So pretty!

Splash Pad

This house finch REALLY enjoyed his bath! 

Also, multiple this amount of splashing times many, many birds per day and you have a fountain that needs filling every day...

Welcome

The darling bird on the left is a Swinhoe's white-eye. These birds seem to be rather newly established in Southern California (they are native to Southeast Asia). Adorable! Cute little female lesser goldfinch on the right...

Tightrope Walker

 

Too Small

 

This dove has decided that the birdhouses are perhaps too small...

It is perhaps also offended by the giant cobweb situation between the houses (as am I! They come back the day after you remove them...)