Autumn Birds

 At the wetland, there are not many birds at this time of the year.   Most of the birds must have left for their migration.

Here is a male Anna's Hummingbird who stays here all the year around.

"I am lonesome since most of my friends are gone to south."

A male House Finch shares the same feeling:

"Me, too.  I soon have to go to the backyards to find seeds."

Many sparrows are halfway migrants who move between the woods in summer and the coast in winter within the Northwest or just Oregon.  One of them is a White-crowned Sparrow.

"I am on the way to the coast.   I usually 

visit this area in autumn and spring."  

Return to Backyard

 Cooper's Hawks returned to town from the woods where no food is available now.  On a sunny fall afternoon, I saw one hovering high in the sky.

"I feel so good!😊"

"On a nice day like today, it's ok to fly 

together.  Usually we bully each other, though."

"Who could be a better flyer?"

Fall Day

The day is getting shorter, but the fuchsia flowers are still in bloom.  

 After all the summer birds are gone, there are some birds who stay here all year around.  Anna's Hummingbird is one of them.

"This is my favorite flower."

So do American Goldfinches.

"I stay here most of the time whenever I can find food."

Lesser Goldfinches were here everyday last winter.

" That's right.  You know me. "

A Crowded Bath

When the weather gets cold, Bushtits fly in a dozen or two at a time.  They come in like a grey cotton ball blown in by the wind.

"We are four right now.  But a lot more are coming in."

"We are taking a bath in the sun."

"Too crowded!"