This charming fellow is a Verdin.

He stopped by for a visit this morning. I had my camera focused on the feeder because I had heard the high pitched chirp of a hummingbird and thought if I sat there motionless for a while I just might get a good picture. I was quite surprised when this […]

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I had some new visitors to the back yard this morning. There were two of these birds that swooped in.

They are bigger than my usual House Finches and have thicker beaks.

A search through my bird book and photos on the internet tell me that they are Abert’s Towhees.

What I read said that they have […]

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I finally managed to get a clear picture of a Hummingbird in my yard. This little fellow was busy flying around the orange tree and decided to stop and sit a spell.

I had been sitting with my camera aimed at the Hummingbird feeder but the only bird that stopped for a taste was this House […]

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I mentioned that it is really hard to get a photo of a hummingbird. I was outside with the telephoto lens taking dozens of photos and just hoping one or two of them would work out.

So what does my dear friend Chris do? She emails me this photo and tells me it’s easy, just […]

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This beauty is a Mourning Dove. We have several of them that visit our yard. You can usually find one sitting on the back wall or in the front yard sitting under the Jacaranda tree. I like the doves.
While I was looking at the Dove I heard a lot of bird noise coming from the […]

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This is our Spanish Dagger. It has some winter damage and is ready for a springtime cleanup.

This little guy doesn’t agree with me.

I think he is a Sparrow.

He (she?) was gathering plant material and bringing it into the overgrown dead daggers to build a nest.

You know, I was thinking that this Christmas I needed to […]

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