Posts in: Birds

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

four or so birds sheltering on a grape vine

My partner in crime sure does know how to cook a golden, juicy bird.

symmetrical golden brown turkey parts

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.

Yellow Rumped Warbler (lower right) and Lesser Gold Finch (upper left) in our cultivated native grapes.


Sharp looking (spotted bird?) grasshopper! It was resting in our California buckwheat.



Sunflower seeds ready to be eaten by backyard birds. Bet the scrub jays will cache them all.

sunflower seeds in a dried out sunflower head.

California fuchsias still blooming, and that makes our hummingbirds very pleased.

blooming red fuchsia flowershummingbird hovering above our driveway


Grapes are now turning to raisins but the birds still love them.



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