Boredom has set in. As I’ve noted in prior posts, I haven’t had any unusual visitors since the end of May. The weather, generally devoid of cloud cover, has discouraged my photography. I still spend considerable time in the yard but am generally not obtaining quality photographs. But here are a few photos taken on July 30, 2023.
Not a particularly good photo for detail, but I liked this photo of a male House finch perched in a madrone tree…
We have Downy woodpeckers that visit the yard almost constantly. This juvenile male is waiting to access a suet feeder…
We still have a few American goldfinches left, this one a female…
We have both Black-capped chickadees and Chestnut-backed chickadees, both species difficult to photograph because they are very active and usually stay in the outer reaches of the yard.
Our juvenile California quail are getting so large it’s getting difficult to distinguish the juveniles from the adult females…
An adult male House sparrow. I’ll be running an August special, two for the price of one!
And finally, from July 24, a female Rufous hummingbird. Our salvias are almost bloomed out and we have very few hummingbirds left.
