Building a Bird

 
I've got a California Scrub Jay under construction!.  He is going to be a handsome bird.

Speaking of birds...
On Sunday I was gifted with the presence of three Western Tanagers!

I kinda' went crazy taking photos.

Here's a young male - slightest bit of red in the face.

Here's a female...

...she has her mouth open and her tongue stuck out.

Male and female...

Close up of the male - see the bits of red on the front of his face?

I think he is a "this year's bird" - born this summer.

I never got a photo of all three birds.

In fact I'm uncertain as to just what I saw - maybe one male and two females.

Female

Male

Love his bright yellow downy feathers on his back. 

Unusually for this time of year, the birds were singing!

I just clicked away...

...as the female posed for me to the right...

...and the left...

...and back again.

What a wonderful sight to see.

Back to the male Western Tanager.

Thanks for stopping by on your way south for the winter.