A house finch perched on a branch, from behind. But he is seductively looking over his shoulder while manipulating a sunflower seed in his beak, so not totally a photo from the rear. He has a rosy red head, black eye and bill and grey wings and tail with a lighter grey streaked belly with a wash of rose color. Behind are branches and blue sky.

An American goldfinch perched on a branch, from the rear. His tail is narrow and wings are black with white bands. Top is an olive brown with buffy underside. As spring progresses, he will molt those top feathers into a glorious sunny yellow. But not yet. Goldfinches are the smallest overwintering birds in our area.

A white breasted nuthatch clinging sideways to a tree trunk. It has a black head, slate grey almost blue tinged back and wings and white underside. They never stop moving and creep around up and down tree trunks.

A puffy mourning dove from the rear. The edges of their grey brown wing feathers appear rounded and some are darker, giving the impression of a pangolins overlapping scales. Tail is the same dove grey and long with a buffy underside. This bird is perched on a branch with its head tucked in so it doesn’t appear in the photo. Behind are branches and blue sky. The dove is oval in dissection with a tail jutting out and downward.

A house finch perched on a branch, from behind. But he is seductively looking over his shoulder while manipulating a sunflower seed in his beak, so not totally a photo from the rear. He has a rosy red head, black eye and bill and grey wings and tail with a lighter grey streaked belly with a wash of rose color. Behind are branches and blue sky.

An American goldfinch perched on a branch, from the rear. His tail is narrow and wings are black with white bands. Top is an olive brown with buffy underside. As spring progresses, he will molt those top feathers into a glorious sunny yellow. But not yet. Goldfinches are the smallest overwintering birds in our area.

A white breasted nuthatch clinging sideways to a tree trunk. It has a black head, slate grey almost blue tinged back and wings and white underside. They never stop moving and creep around up and down tree trunks.

A puffy mourning dove from the rear. The edges of their grey brown wing feathers appear rounded and some are darker, giving the impression of a pangolins overlapping scales. Tail is the same dove grey and long with a buffy underside. This bird is perched on a branch with its head tucked in so it doesn’t appear in the photo. Behind are branches and blue sky. The dove is oval in dissection with a tail jutting out and downward.