Yesterday a flock of more than 20 mountain bluebirds came to my yard. I've seen one or two out there before but never this many. The big bird bath:
Several more at the smaller bird bath:
I got a few photos of a raven the other day. They don't visit the bird bath very often and when they do they don't stay long. Half the time they're gone before I can grab my camera.
I've posted a lot of pictures of an immature Cooper's hawk. It was here yesterday and it is showing adult coloration, although the eyes have not turned red yet.
It's pretty rare to see a raven at the birdbath; I had never seen two at once until yesterday:
A few days ago one of the owls showed up when it was raining and took a bath. I guess it figured it was getting a shower anyway, it might as well go all out:
