Saturday Reflections

Thursday evening we had the most unusual clouds.  

This group had dark streaks interspersed with rays of light.

And the contrast of dark and light on this cloud!

As night closed in, the sky turned pink and black.  We had rumbles of distant thunder and flashes of lighting all night long through early Friday morning, but no rain.

Ready for some more babies?

I'm pretty confident this is a juvenile Red-breasted Sapsucker.

And these young California Quail are now big enough that I can state with confidence the one in the front is a male and the one in the back is a female.  The male is already sporting a miniature forward drooping head plume and dark gray chest like his father. 

See!  Look at Dad and compare to Son.

And here's my dopey juvenile male Acorn Woodpecker hanging on the side of the birdbath because he's a woodpecker and he can!

As his father proudly watches from on high.

And this scruffy looking Steller's Jay has to be a juvenile.  What a bunch of messy feathers he has!

Friday evening we watched this Western Wood Peewee. He watched from his perch atop a maple tree and darted out to grab an insect then flew back to his perch again to wait and watch. He did this until it was almost dark  when he finally began to call and was answered by another bird around 9:00pm.  

This was another evening visitor - a raccoon. 

One year ago today Mom and I visited the Foundling Museum and prepared for my sister's visit.