Fall Visitors
I spotted 9 species of birds in the back yard this afternoon:
Dark-eyed Junco
Stellar's Jay
Spotted Towhee
Black-capped Chickadee
Golden-crowned Sparrow (juvenile)
Fox Sparrow
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Bewick's Wren
I spotted 9 species of birds in the back yard this afternoon:
Dark-eyed Junco
Stellar's Jay
Spotted Towhee
Black-capped Chickadee
Golden-crowned Sparrow (juvenile)
Fox Sparrow
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Bewick's Wren
This week I spotted three new bird species in my backyard: a Golden-Crowned Sparrow, which has become a regular, a Large-billed Savannah Sparrow and a brief visit by a Hermit Thrush. The Golden-Crowned Sparrow, while a frequent visitor, is very skitting and hard to get a photo of.
Golden-Crowned Sparrow (through glass, which gives weird bokeh):