SOME PHOTOS FROM WALKS I TOOK ON WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY THIS WEEK.

Western Kingbird.

Male Brown-headed Cowbird.

Male Lazuli Bunting.  He looks like a little Penguin.

Female Lazuli Bunting.

Yellow-breasted Chat.

Yellow-breasted Chat.

Great Blue Heron.  I stood there for a long time hoping he'd fly but I finally gave up.  He won the stare down.

Some of Nature's embroidery complements of a spider.

Spotted Sandpiper.

Ospreys.

Mallard drake.

Mallard drake.

Vineyards.

Vineyards.

ON TUESDAY MORNING, MAY 19, I WENT FOR A WALK ALONG THE RIVER, LEAVING FROM HOME ABOUT 8 AM.

Male Wood Duck.

Male Wood Duck.

Male Wood Duck with hen.

Male Rufous Hummingbird on my way up the trail.

Male Rufous Hummingbird on my way up the trail.

The Magpies were trying to get the Osprey to drop his fish.

The Magpies were trying to get the Osprey to drop his fish.

Osprey and fish.

The Magpies were trying to get the Osprey to drop his fish.

The Magpies were trying to get the Osprey to drop his fish.

Osprey and fish.

Female Common Merganser.

The Male Rufous was in a slightly different location on my return down the trail and still accommodating.

The Male Rufous was in a slightly different location on my return down the trail and still accommodating.

The Male Rufous was in a slightly different location on my return down the trail and still accommodating.

MY THIRD WALK YESTERDAY. AILEEN HAD AN APPOINTMENT IN OK FALLS SO I AGAIN WENT FOR A STROLL IN THE LITTLE PARK.

California Quail.

California Quail.

California Quail.

Oregon Grape.

Song Sparrow.

Female Red-winged Blackbird.

Female Red-winged Blackbird.

Female Red-winged Blackbird.

Immature male Red-winged Blackbird.

Immature male Red-winged Blackbird.

Immature male Red-winged Blackbird.

Male Red-winged Blackbird.

I WAS OUT WALKING WITH MY CAMERAS THREE TIMES TODAY. HERE ARE A FEW PHOTOS FROM THE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON STROLLS.

I got a brief glimpse of this Lazuli Bunting.

Brown-headed Cowbirds.

Say's Phoebe.

Vaseux Lake and McIntyre Bluff.

Mock Orange flowers.

Bitterroot.

Bitterroot.

Some type of bee on Brown-eyed Susan.

Some type of bee on Poison Ivy.