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...

Pretty Bird

 

Bird Assortment

 

Colorful Crew

 

Incoming!

 

This finch hopes there is room for one more at this pool party...

One Small, One Tall

 

... both are finches (though one is a lesser goldfinch [not a judgment, the actual name of the species, LOL], the other a house finch).

Disheveled

 So cute!

Splish Splash

 

Sharing the Pool

 

Hello, hummie!

Yell-ow!

 

Hello, yellow-rumped warbler.

Hello, orange-crowned warbler.

Hello, Mr. and Mrs. Lesser goldfinch. (And also hello to the house finches as well.)

Yellow, Blue

 

A gorgeous little Lesser goldfinch...

Little Yellow Bird, Big Yellow Bird

 

Lesser goldfinch.

Hooded oriole.

Splash Zone

 

These are not very good photos--I was shooting from a bit of a distance and through a window screen--but they do show just how much water these little dudes/dudettes can splash. I mean...

!!!!!!

And these last two show how crowded the fountain can get. They are endlessly fascinating, funny, and cute! I love my bird friends!

Yellow/Birds

 Mr. Oriole.

Mr. Goldfinch.

Bird-o-Rama Week: Orioles and More

 

Orioles, girl and boy.

Even the back view is pretty!

Yellow warbler.

Finch pool party.

Byeeee!

Goldfinch.

Goldfinch and house (?) or purple (?) finch.

California towhee.

Finch One and Finch Two

A female house finch (I think).

A goldfinch, Lesser or American (I think).
 

Splish Splash

 

Hello!

A super cute male Lesser Goldfinch in the fountain...

And here he and his mate are having a bit of a splish-splash.

Nursery Time

 

Even a quick pop into the nursery yields delights. 

A hummingbird...

A goldfinch...

And a bee girl. 

Avian Redux

Surprise: More birds! This adorable pair of sweet goldfinches were having a bath in our fountain--they are so tiny that from a distance they looked like hummingbirds. How I love them!

P.S. He's the one with the black toupee!