It’s been 95° in San Diego this week so I fashioned a bird bath out of a plastic pan & an upside down pot to help out the birds and lizards 🦎 or whatever. Placed rocks in it for escape route 😆 and put it under the lemon 🍋 tree for shade. A darling song sparrow 🎶 visited this afternoon & jumped in and out at least 6 times before he was done! Then his buddy, or boo came by for a dip too! So fun to watch 💦
I swear I heard like 20 of them as I woke up, bright green birds flying out from the palm trees. I used the bird finder and that’s what cam up! Just in case there’s any bird enthusiasts here, was wondering why so many might be passing through Orange right now.
I just think they’re absolutely stunning. One of those birds that I didn’t know was all around me until I got into birding.
Privileged to have been a part of one of the few tours of Bitter Creek National Wildlife Refuge open to the public. By my count, and review of photographs, we saw 5 free flying birds and 8 juveniles in a cage soon to be released, totaling 13 birds.
One younger bird in particular spotted the group and came in to investigate, flying what must have been inside 100’ overhead.
Very grateful to the folks who work quite hard to give these creatures a fighting chance.
West San Gabriel river nature trail. Apologies for bad photo.
Edit: photo doesn’t show what appeared as rusty/brown coloration around the lower breast/flanks