Bird Watching: Daily Pix # 323, 1 by reddirtretiree

reddirtretiree wrote:
Been out of state for awhile and not online much. Came home and the Lazuli Buntings are gone. The Painted is still visiting the finch feeder several times daily. The young bluebirds are out back quite a bit now. Had a Cooper's Hawk sitting on the BB box today, a real danger for dumb young birds. Gave him a surprise with a yellow paint ball from my wrist rocket. If someone reports a yellow-breasted Cooper's Hawk, disregard the sighting. Works on the resident geese who like to graze in my back yard, too. Doesn't physically hurt them, but they don't like it.

Had a couple of unusual visitors on the hill behind the house. Pic of one.