The first Western Tanager of Summer.......finally

This is my favorite time of the year for birds.  Our yard is like an aviary--birds everywhere at our feeders, with the noise so loud that sometimes you can't talk over it.

Birds swooping in and out.  Going from the feeders to the bird bath, to the trees, and back again.

The hummingbirds so numerous that even with four feeders for them they fight and jostle for space.  If you don't know it, these little guys can be quite nasty to each other.

We like to sit on the porch in the afternoon and just listen and watch.

And yesterday we saw our first Western Tanager, my favorite.  Then we saw two!  I was getting worried that they may not be coming this year. 

These photos were shot while sitting on our porch.   The Western Tanager:



Eating with a Black Headed Grosbeak:

 

Hummers buzz and zip around us, squawking the entire time.  Mostly at each other it seems.

A Finch sitting above us:

 

Squirrels and Chipmunks run across our porch while we sit and enjoy the flowers and birds: