At this latitude nearly all our birds are in fresh plumage. Their colors and markings are bright and bold, the feathers not yet worn by the trials of courtship, mating, rearing young, sun and wind and rain.
Male Anna’s Hummingbird, doing what he does best, guarding his territory from a sentinel post.
Band-tailed Pigeon at meal.
Red-shouldered Hawk. This bird was giving out the familiar Red-shouldered fight yell.
Two female Hooded Mergansers sunning on a log in Ashland Pond.
Flicker on the trunk.
Flicker bangs his drums.
Handsome bird–Spotted Towhee in sunlight.
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