Two quail walked across the trail ahead of me & then disappeared into the brush.
Quite a few lesser gold finches were eating in amongst some of the blooming plants.
At a distance, I spotted this mockingbird perched. It appeared to have some winged insect in its beak. In flow across the trail, and then I could see that it no longer had anything in its beak. It flew back across the trail to where it was, and then was joined by another mockingbird.
How does something this small exist
A large sycamore tree growing in the wash in Eaton Canyon.
A gopher poking its head up & pushing out dirt repeatedly up from the edge of the Eaton Canyon Trail.
Honeybees feeding on black sage flowers.
A birder friend suggests possible Willow Flycatcher due to... "(weak to no eye ring, broad medium-length bill, low contrast pattern below)". We are not sure, so I'm defaulting to this ID for now.
Cool looking guy
This House Wren was observed alternately singing and then flying to and entering this cavity in a Sycamore tree. There were no food items brought or any other indication that there were young inside.
This Oak Titmouse was bringing food items (looks like an orbweaver spider and a larva of some sort) to a cavity nest in this Sycamore tree.
This female Nuttall's Woodpecker was tending to young in a cavity/nest in this partially dead Sycamore tree.
All the same individual from different angles.
These House Wrens had a nest in a cavity in this Sycamore branch. One was leaving the nest with a fecal sack and the other was arriving with a food item.