Backyard Birds - at new house!

We couldn't believe all the birds we saw just on the first morning of living at out new place, many from within the house, others in the yard.

• Violet-Green Swallows
• Spotted Towhee
• European Starlings - boo! And they seem to have a nest under the eave of our bedroom.
• Red-Tailed Hawk - in nearby trees and later flying right by the house!
• Oregon Juncos
• Mourning Doves
• Northern Flicker
• American Robins
• Black-Capped Chickadees
• White Crowned Sparrows

Then the next day:

• Chestnut-backed Chickadees
• Varied Thrush
• Steller's Jays
• Western Scrub-Jays
• Red-Breasted Sapsuckers - we were about the leave when I heard tapping and saw a puff of sawdust come from a nearby tree, went over, saw 3!  One was really low and close to us!
• Rufous Hummingbird - later my mom and I were sitting on the patio when a hummingbird almost flew right into us!  We screamed and as is turned back, I saw the rusty red.  First Rufous of the season, and one of the most unusual hummingbird encounters ever.

White-Crowned Sparrow

Varied Thrush

So close!