Fun afternoon

 

Doves still on fuse box.

Oven bird plodding along in dog walk space.

Continual plea for worms at backyard robins' nest

This bee flew right past my face and stopped on branch for a long time. Nap?  Pollen on wings.

But the best was the male black and white warbler going after bugs, mostly small termites in favorite tree.

Not skittish when there's available food.

The black-and-white male

The male back and white warbler has been hanging around. We've got the food, "cafeteria" open.
 

A nice mix

We've had a cluster of catbirds for a week. They sing gorgeously. Also willing to have a conversation with the camera.
 

Changing of the guard at the fuse box nest.  It's the first time I've not seen babies jump up.

Dove baby in tall tree has walked out of the nest. He was the only nestling. Might lack some social skills.

Hard to photograph  kinglets going after insects for about two minutes.

Horny house sparrow.Lots of chirping. Male wants "it".  Female not interested. Look at body language.

Astonishing pigeon

I was walking back home with hands filled with food shopping bags when a pigeon in our fountain caught my eye. I had never seen a pigeon with such a pattern of feathers. I ran for my camera knowing that I might not be able to find it again. Fortunately grass seeds had just been applied to the lower lawn. That's open invitation to every pigeon on the west side and sure enough the  pigeon was there, stood out in the crowd, easy to spot because of its difference. I never before saw a pigeon with a shaggy breast or collar or even these colors. I watched for a long time. I have seen a show pigeon with long feathered feet, but nothing like this. In studying pigeons on the internet I did notice a Hungarian breed of pigeon with similar long feathers, but also differences. This was a one day pigeon visit.
 

There was also a "black" pigeon that stood out in the crowd, but the picture picked up that it wasn't black.

It's a boy!

The first back and white warbler of the spring season. They flit around, belly to bark, easy to ID, black and white, except the male is different from the female.  The male has a black throat.  I  never noticed while shooting, because you get a split second before it flits behind leaves or zooms to another tree and the ground is hilly and rocky. It wasn't until I got the images into computer that I saw it was a male. Hot dog!! Not often. Only in spring, though I could be mistaken.  We've got bugs downstairs. Maybe it will stick around for a couple of days. Male black and white warbler pictures represent about 1% of my B/W archive.
 

Food for the mate

Papa Cardinal is on food hunt for him mate.  ots of worms available
 

Slice and dice and take it home.

Immature dove gets fed now on the branch near nest.  Resident owl poses no threat.

We've got a blue Gnome in the cherry blossom tree.