A lovely pair of Hooded Orioles visited my sugar water feeder this morning in Hercules! I thought I heard the chattering of a female last week--but didn't actually see her. So put up the feeder in gre

This morning (11/5) I spotted a small flock of Cedar Waxwings inspecting the leftover berries on our Chinese Pistache trees. "Our" Western Bluebirds (about 20) joined them for a couple minutes and the

For the last few days a lively flock of 15-20 Western Bluebirds have been dining on the berries in our Chinese Pistache tree--great fun! A Northern Flicker has been announcing its presence this week a

A small flock (10+) of Western Bluebirds are early morning visitors to the Chinese Pistache trees on our street. Unfortunately they must compete with a gang of speckled Starlings for the obviously yum

One female fledgling Hooded Oriole and an adult female visited our syrup feeder this morning. The little girl hung out on nearby branch and begged while adult sipped away--ignoring her. Finally, after

At last! Yesterday (Sunday 5/22) a male and female appeared at the syrup feeder in our backyard in the Refugio Valley section of Hercules! I had almost given up on them this year. For the last few yea

Here in the Refugio Valley area of Hercules "our" Hooded Orioles departed this week--a week earlier than last year. We weren't treated to fledgling/parent visits this year-- however two puffy fluffy j

On Weds April 21st I decided to go ahead and hang the oriole feeder even though I had no signs of their highly anticipated return. Silly me!.. on Thursday April 22nd four Hooded Orioles appeared to fe