Birds

Birds become more and more fascinating to me. I love when they come to our garden and I have been feeding them regularly. I think that has increased the number of birds that are visiting our yard significantly. I also like to observe them at the shore. Here are some shots of birds that my husband and I saw lately. All photos are done by him.

These shorebirds (Marbled Godwit?) were a lot of fun to watch, when we went for a walk on the beach last weekend.

This is a male California Quail walking along our garden fence in the backyard. There is an open space area behind our property where the Quails reside. Usually these birds are pretty shy, but somehow they have warmed up to our bird feeder and at certain times of the year they come into the garden.

These colorful yellow breasted guys (Lesser Goldfinch?) are very small and lively. They are really fun to watch at the bird feeder.

A Morning Dove also walking on the backyard fence.

This is a hawk (maybe a Northern Harrier) was cruising in circles above our yard today. I love this photo in particular!

Here is another picture of the same predator bird. The pattern on the wings is quite wonderful.

I am not good at identifying birds, but tried a little bit with the help of a book. If you know birds and recognize the ones that I have featured here, please let me know if I got the names right.

See you in the garden!

Christina