Bird Watching: Daily Pics _ 5, 1 by tigerlily

tigerlily wrote:
I find myself soooo envious of those of you that have birds I've never seen! I'm grateful you share what you see!

The bandtails seem to have moved on after just a few days, but the tree swallows are coming back now, as are the pine siskins and the lesser goldfinches. I put up the rest of the bird houses as soon as I saw the first swallows.

Some redwing blackbirds passed through, and the rufous hummers should be here most any time. The blackheaded and evening grosbeaks should be here soon also.

Except for the hummers, I never really paid attention to when they arrived before. This year I'm jotting it all down.

Here's a little Lesser Goldfinch male. I saw one in full color, but he wouldn't let me take his picture.