Soggy house finches and house sparrows (maybe a fox sparrow too) sheltering on grape vines from the wind and desperately needed rain.

Soggy house finches and house sparrows (maybe a fox sparrow too) sheltering on grape vines from the wind and desperately needed rain.
My partner in crime sure does know how to cook a golden, juicy bird.
No rest for birds this time of the year. Here’s a Yellow Rumped Warbler (lower right) and Lesser Gold Finch (upper left) in our cultivated native grapes.
Bird bath mirror.
Sharp looking (spotted bird?) grasshopper! It was resting in our California buckwheat.
Our first backyard Spotted Towhee!
Sunflower seeds ready to be eaten by backyard birds. Bet the scrub jays will cache them all.
California fuchsias still blooming, and that makes our hummingbirds very pleased.
Grapes are now turning to raisins but the birds still love them.
Mockingbird.
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