I was the one sittin’ around.  The birds were busy, far more productive.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Male Lesser Goldfinch at top, female just above this text.  Here’s a female Black-headed Grosbeak:

 

 

 

 

 

 

And here’s a year-old male, not yet in mature plumage:

And Stella, or one of her cousins:

 

The Band-tailed Pigeon still fills the feeding platform occasionally.  And an Anna’s Hummingbird male came through the yard, though I do not have a feeder out now.  In this season there are natural flowers and nectar everywhere.  Especially fine to the nose: the numerous mock orange bushes now blooming in Ashland.