These are a few of the photos I took on August 8, 2023…

A Red-winged blackbird (not a migrant, but a rarity in our yard),,.

An Orange-crowned warbler, usually a migrant, but we occasionally have one or two which winter over)…

A very bright male House finch, a year-round resident…

A Black-headed grosbeak, a definite migrant who I assumed had already left the area for the season…

Female Anna’s hummingbird(s), some of which will over-winter here…

Juvenile Swainson’s thrush, in the process of migrating but pausing for a bath…

Juvenile Spotted towhee which will probably be in the area for the winter…

A Wilson’s warbler migrating out for the winter, one of several visits this day. Unless otherwise noted, most of these below are juveniles or females.

A male Wilson’s warbler...

An adult male Wilson’s warbler…

Tired of Wilson’s warblers? Here is a Cedar waxwing, supposedly a year-round resident but a visitor to our yard only during the summer and fall.