Front Yard Watch

After the various and many bouts of rain of late, whenever things cleared up for a bit, birds would flock to my front yard, apparently finding good things to chow down on.  Truman gets very excited about Anything In His Yard, and attentively stands (or rather sits) watch through the living room window from his post on the sofa.

We had so many birds on Sunday that I grabbed the camera and opened the window to try getting pictures from the comfort of the sofa.

There were American Robins, American Goldfinches, Black-capped Chickadees, Bushtits, Song Sparrows, European Starlings, Steller's Jays, and a lone Bewick's Wren hopping around my yard.  I did not get photos of any of them.  But I did get pics of these birds:

Spotted Towhee

House Finch

Dark-eyed Junco

Northern Flicker

Tufted Hunter

Truman was not allowed out until the birds departed, which happened when a woman walked a dog past our home.  Right after that excitement, a squirrel arrived, and Truman was Not Going to Stand for That, so I let him out, and he explained to the squirrel why it was a good idea to depart.

And here he is after the squirrel left, standing on the front porch wondering why I'm still sitting on the sofa and not letting him back inside.

Of course I let him back inside -- where he happily resumed his post.

The birds soon returned, and Truman made sure they didn't get up to any hijinks in his yard.  A fine time was had by all!  Well, except for that squirrel, that is....