Spring Cleaning #3

On a sunny day, I spotted the bright yellow Lesser Goldfinches on a tree.  Pretty soon they came down to my backyard to eat their favorite thistle seeds on a cloth tube. 

Sometimes,  up on a bare tall tree, I can hear them calling softly "tee-yee."  Although their songs are similar to American Goldfinches', I read they often imitates other species.

 

In the warm sun, a female Lesser Goldfinch began cleaning her feathers

The right wing to clean... scratch, scratch.

The left wing to shape up... peck, peck.

Done.

"I look pretty, don't I?"