Here is a male feeding a youngster....
here is the young one patiently waiting. Actually it seems that it should be past the being fed stage.
There have actually been a lot of young birds around considering we are now well past the middle of August. There has been another American Goldfinch family and today a very young Spotted Towhee....
perhaps the most interesting family is this, one of two fledgling White-crowned Sparrows....
who share a nest with a Brown-headed Cowbird (on left). One of the parents feeds this cowbird baby while the other one feeds the two sparrow babies.
there are a few young Black-headed Grosbeak still around, the adults seem to have left already. Saw some really young looking Purple Finch late this afternoon too.
Made it down to the water today, the first time since last Saturday's canoe trip that turned out to not be such a good idea for someone with back issues....
water levels seem to have leveled off, in fact I hear they actually went up a bit. We haven't seen a drop of moisture here but there has been some heavy rain in the interior and I guess it was enough to influence the water levels for a bit.
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