Birds of Wrightwood [Slow loading-lots of photos]

[makgirl]

awkward moment at the birdbath....


and here is the best pic I could get of a (young ?) Cooper's hawk in our yard.....

[Wrightwood]

Those look great!

[3PinkRoses]

We had a sighting of this bird in the past few days.  There were two, a pair... 1 female and 1 male...both sitting on our deck railing, eating.

It is a larger, yellow-beaked pigeon. It is called The Band-Tailed Pigeon. We have always seen those common, smaller pigeons...mostly by the Catholic Church, but never this type. 

[Wrightwood]

While waiting for the helicopter rescue took a few shots of mom & dad Mountain Bluebirds on their way to the nest.
Been fun watching this family develop on livecam.

[Nolena]

Nice.

[AvocadoFlyer]

Do we have warblers here, specifically Wilson's or Yellow warblers?  If do I have a few (I think Wilson's) in my yard feasting in my pine trees. 

[Joe Schmoe]

Audubon's Warbler is common.  Small gray bird with splashes of yellow in a few places.  If it's a mostly yellow bird it might be a goldfinch. 

[AvocadoFlyer]

Most definitely not a goldfinch (the little guys I saw were much smaller).  Not an Audobon's warbler either.  This fella was almost all yellow, smaller than a sparrow.  I feel he was a Wilson's warbler.  Wish i had my phone to take a picture.  This little fella was all over the place (as were his buddies). 

Anywho, I thought they were beautiful and fun to watch