These little guys are bright and shiny and pretty and really hard to get close to. They prefer to be way up high in the eucalyptus trees.
Patience
Flight School
Today is the first day of flight school for this baby hummingbird. He isn’t so sure he’s ready yet!
The Elusive Great Blue Heron
These guys like to hang out in our pond, but one look at my camera and they take off. Finally….I was able to snap a quick pic of one beauty.
Hummingbird Time
Look who came out to play with me today! Getting nectar from a Nectarine tree…
Splish Splash he was Taking a Bath
His expression is saying…“a little privacy please!”
Woodpeckers
This young Nuttall’s Woodpecker is really shaking things up!
Swallowtail Butterflies
One clearly looks old and faded and the other looks young and fresh. I wonder if it is a parent and a child? I’d like to think so…
Teen Parents
The Cooper’s Hawks have been very loud as of late. Â Turns out these adolescents…(scroll down)
are the parents of this little cutie…
goat
Shy and sweet…
I remember I am blessed when I see this beautiful bird. Â 
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