Out my window

We spend a lot of time at this table, enjoying the wildlife passing through. Today I took my camera and joined my daughter outside at the picnic table to wait and see who showed up from a closer vantage point.

We have at least three male grosbeaks. This one looks the most polished. But the award for the most blotchy goes to this guy. Maybe he doesn’t have all his adult plumage yet:

This one looks like a mixture of the two — a few speckles, but close to the elegance of the first one:

Naturally there are plenty of rodents around, too.

More visitors arrived than I could photograph, but it was peaceful being out there and having the creatures eventually realize they could go about their business and we wouldn’t hurt them.

Rain finally drove us inside, but I’ll look forward to more times of enjoying the back yard and learning more about my camera at the same time.