Posts in: Birds

Some kind of Kinglet, maybe a Ruby Crown Kinglet, in the grapes this time. Was moving fast as birds do.

a yellowish Kinglet bird in a geape vine surrounded by grapes.

Western Mockingbird enjoying a desiccated grape in our backyard.

black, gray and white mockingbird in the shadow of a senescing grape plant with a dessicated grape in its beak.

Backyard House Sparrows - 84mm equivalent & cropped to zoom, using those X-T5 40 Megapixels! I am planning to get a 200 mm lens in a few months & really start birding.

House sparrows foraging for bird seeds in a gravel area below a feeder.

More signs of Fall with flocks of birds migrating overhead.

an arrow formation of birds fluing through a blue sky with wispy clouds

The very first storm of meteorological Fall and White Crown birds have already descended upon our backyard. It’s cool that they prefer our warmer backyard to cooler stormy mountains. We’ll see them consistently until June. Welcome back!

Eurasian Coots in the Pagodenburger See at the Schloss Nymphenburg in Munich.

A nesting coot in the lake and a coot on the shore foraging for food.

A very comfy Eurasian Collared Dove. Glad our backyard can be a refuge from the neighborhood outdoor cats

Eurasian collared dove resting on the edge of a bird bath surrounded by green vegetation

Spotted a Hooded Oriole in the front yard as we we started an after lunch walk. What luck. A first!

Mockingbirds are going to have an amazing late summer of grapes from our cultivated California grapes. These have an amazing assortment of bugs too. Still have ladybugs in them. 🌱

Pineapple guavas have been blooming for a few weeks now. The Mockingbirds love munching on the flower petals.

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