Posts in: Birds

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.



Mockingbirds enjoying our grapes (these cultivated California native grapes are for the birds!).


Mockingbirds love our cultivated native grapes 🥰 It’s the best seeing them swallow a large grape whole. We’ve seen at least five in our backyard. They mostly get along. We have a kind of neutral zone

Mockingbird sitting on a grapevine

Western redbud has to share soil with a bird planted sunflower.


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