Mockingbird, backyard, Bakersfield, CA, sings to us every morning! Mallards, inevitable, first thing every day because the apartment I'm in overlooks a pond full of them. Hoodoo Valley, ID, hummers are back getting ready to leave Lots of hummers, blackchin, calliope &, rufous. Like most mornings.A tie between Lesser Goldfinch and American Goldfinch on the bird feeder in our backyard. Lesser Goldfinch, San Diego backyard, Nyjer seed feeder Lesser goldfinch, huntington beach, ca, at a feeder in backyard And as usual ,lots of Crows around Tustin/Irvine. I saw him on the telephone line but couldn't get a good id. KINGBIRD - Sounded like a Cassins Kingbird.

they love my swamp cooler.either they drink alot of water or their nibbling calcium deposits from our well? !! Routine continuous visits.possibly Lesser Goldfinch? I havent ID'd these lil guys yet.Using Field Guide.tuff one, finch size, descending soft 'chee' or 'tee yee' dull greenish caps. Hummingbird tasting nectar from our Lily of the Nile flowers., Hummingbird in my Calliandra californica. House wren, Kimberley, bc, Gaurding its nest House sparrows, the usual suspects, waiting for me to put out the seed feeder., Hooded Oriole, female, Oakland Ca residential area, Grossbeak, Julian CA, Red tailed hawk near, birds nervous Rural area near Abilene, TX.Ĭhestnut backed chickedee telling me to get away from the bird bath and let it come down and use it.Ĭrow, Novato, CA, Heard it, calling, too early. My summer favorite.,Ĭarolina wren singling LOUDLY in the trees outside my back door. Calif.,īlack Pheobe.Western ading spots on the ledge of bird bath in Yankee Hill, CAīlack-headed Grosbeak male, Cottonwood,Ca. Check it out! (Photo of Blue-winged Kookaburra by Adrian Pingstone)Īmerican Crow (heard), Central Coast, CA,Īmerican Crows, leaving roost in Orangevale, CA, about 5:15 a.m.Īmerican Goldfinch, Backyard Birdfeeder, El Dorado Hills, CAīaby tree swallow in box, inland Mendo Co., No. Lots of amazing birds throughout, and some great sightings from well beyond California, including a Kookaburra in Australia and a Rufous-collared Sparrow in Chile. But when you look at the birds, there's nothing quiet going on here at all. Not a lot of responses - probably fewer than a hundred. At first glance, this might seem to be a quiet Firstbird survey.

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