Cyanocitta

Also, today (Wednesday) along the Sacramento River, a cooperative Ash-throated Flycatcher.

#Birds #Birding

Warm Wednesday morning walk along the Sacramento River. Lots of calling Lazuli Buntings out.

#Birds #Birding

Warm Saturday in the Valley, mid 90's, birded up near Burney Mountain where it was 10-15 degrees cooler. A Western Tanager was poking around near a spring.

#Birds #Birding

Cloudy Wednesday morning developed into a nice warm afternoon. A California Poppy is competing with Shasta Daisys, Yarrow and Coreopsis in the yard.

#Bloomscrolling #Flowers

Nice temperate first Saturday of May. A few miscellaneous bird photographs from this morning in the yard.

-A female Bullock's Oriole with some nesting material, perhaps horsehair from the neighbor's yard.

-A Black-chinned Hummingbird, tough angled shot to get some of the purple color in the collar.

-A male Western Bluebird watching over its yard around the nest box.

-A young Bewick's Wren chattering and searching for bugs in the bark.

#Birds #Birding

Tuesday afternoon and the rain has tapered off. Black-headed Grosbeaks have arrived in the yard.

#birds #Birding

Warm Sunday afternoon with the clouds moving in. A male California Quail scurrying around in the tall grass in the yard.

#Birds #Birding

Cloudy Monday morning along the Sacramento River. A female Red-winged Blackbird was carrying nest material into the cattails.

#Birds #Birding

Clear, calm and mild Wednesday morning. A couple of birds in the yard: An American Goldfinch and a Western Bluebird.

#Birds #Birding

An Oak Titmouse is busy gathering nest material this Sunday morning. The feather appears to be from a dove that visits the yard or from one of the neighborhood chickens.

#Birds #Birding

A Swallowtail at one of the Meyer blooms in the yard this Sunday morning.

#Bloomscrolling #Butterflies

Warm Tuesday afternoon, there is a healthy bloom of Sparaxis in the yard. An Anna's Hummingbird was taking advantage.

#Birds #Birding #Bloomscrolling

Warm Friday afternoon in the yard. The local Sharp-shinned Hawk was hunting on the fountain. Went after a Hummingbird unsuccessfully.

#Birds #Birding

Tuesday afternoon in the yard, clouds have cleared out, Rufous Hummingbirds have arrived.

#Birds #birding

Partly cloudy Saturday morning in the yard, a Western Bluebird pair was checking out one of the nest boxes.

#Birds #Birding

Mild Thursday morning up at Whiskeytown Lake. A Spotted Towhee was out and about with several others.

#Birds #Birding

Rainy Sunday morning in the yard. A Sharp-shinned Hawk has what I believe was a Golden-crowned Sparrow, in its talons.

#Birds #Birding

American Goldfinch in the yard this clear and cool Friday morning.

#Birds #Birding

2/ 2 - Thursday morning light snow flurry passed through, clearing now. Birds were holed up in the budding Redbud tree in the yard.

Here a Lesser Goldfinch.

#Birds #Birding

1/ 2 - Thursday morning light snow flurry passed through, clearing now. Birds were holed up in the budding Redbud tree in the yard.

Here an Anna's Hummingbird.

#Birds #Birding

A brief pause in the rain this Tuesday afternoon in the yard. A female Western Bluebird was perched on a budding Sycamore twig.

#Birds #Birding

Misty Monday morning walk in the neighborhood between storms. Looks like it will be a good year for Poison Oak.

#Flowers #Bloomscrolling

Patchy fog Thursday morning along the Sacramento River, male Red-winged Blackbirds were singing in the cattails.

A mild Friday in the yard, a Red-breasted Sapsucker took a break from the sap wells and visited the suet feeder.

#Birds #Birding

Warm Wednesday morning in the yard. At the back of the house, amongst irrigation controller lines, valve boxes and the dryer lint outlet, a female Anna's Hummingbird was collecting nesting material.

#Birds #Birding

Mild Tuesday morning up at Whiskeytown Lake. A Bewick's Wren was perched atop a bare branch.

#Birds #Birding

Sunday morning in the yard, the Whiteleaf Manzanita (I believe Arctostaphylos viscida viscida) is blooming and the resident Anna's Hummingbird is taking advantage.

#Bloomscrolling #Birds #Birding #Flowers

Thursday morning along the Sacramento River, a California Scrub-Jay inspecting a mossy tree trunk.

#Birds #Birding

Also, in the yard this Wednesday, the Almond is the first tree to bloom.

#flowers #Bloomscrolling

Sun coming out this Wednesday morning after sprinkles last night. Some passerines out in the yard-

Dark-eyed Junco - Lesser Goldfinch
House Finch - Western Bluebird

#Birds #birding

An overcast Tuesday morning at the local urban lake. An Acorn Woodpecker was working on its granary tree.

#Birds #Birding

Also this Monday morning along the Sacramento River Trail, a California Towhee in the dewy grass.

#Birds #Birding