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A Great Blue heron hunts in the reeds.

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Pheobe on fence.

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A House finch, looks onward, curiously.

Update: This is a Purple finch! I try to keep things accurate here. My apologies.

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Another bluebird visits the garden.

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Female Red-wing Blackbirds sure do look different than their male counterparts.

Though she is certainly a bird, she is not black, nor does she possess red wings.

It's hard to tell what bird this is, at first glance.

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Four of these gopher babies live close by, along with a much bigger mother, which is never far away.

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What is better than the song of a wren in the summer?

Life is appreciably, noticeably, hearteningly better if a wren is nearby.

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This bird looks just like any other brown bird that can be found along a hiking trail.

But if you look closely, you'll find a beautiful little blue spot on its shoulder.

This is the only clue that this bird is actually a female Indigo Bunting.

Compared to its flamboyant male counterpart, seen below, it would be very easy to conclude that these two are different species.

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A bluejay perches on an old bench.

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A Green Heron, spending its day fishing on a favored perch.

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Wrens are singing everywhere.

Oh, how I love their bold songs.

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A hungry squirrel devours maple keys, just before sunset.

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A blackbird, handsome as can be.

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A female oriole frolics among hydrangea.

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The first sighting of a Gray Catbird is always a joyful event.

They can be quite chatty, at times, and are excellent mimics of the calls of other bird species.

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A woodpecker peeks at a man.

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Tree Swallows, taking a break from their voracious insect-eating activities.