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! 

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?

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!

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...

Thirsty

Punk

Punk rock orange-crowned warbler...

Welcome Back

 

The hooded orioles have returned! Yay! 

Synchronized Dove-ing

White Crowned

A sweet white-crowned sparrow...

And a new camera! Just figuring out how to use it...

Spicy

 

Once again, we are visited by these gorgeous nutmeg manikins (also known as spice finches). They stopped by last year, too...

Yellow Rump

A lovely demonstration of the yellow-rumped warbler's yellow rump!