Bird Identification: CLOSED: What are these small birds?, 1 by nativesoil

nativesoil wrote:
These small have started coming to our garden in the past week (it's mid-February) here in Los Angeles. They appear in groups of five or so, and are attracted to a bunch of pet rabbit forage hay.

Sometimes I see a bird of similar size with a reddish breast with them. I have seen this bird eating the blossoms on an ornamental plum tree. Could this be the same bird, different age/sex?

I hope the photo is useful. The best I could manage with my camera's zoom.

Thanks everyone!