Darkling Birdling
Another nice evening meant another opportunity to hang out in the backyard and see who stopped by.
This House Finch and his spouse are nesting in a bush by the deck, but he takes many opportunities during the day to fly up to a higher branch and sing his crazy gallimaufry of a song.
Later on, we moved down by the river again to relax, and a female Ruby-throated Hummingbird visited on and off as the day darkened.
It was late, the sunset backlit her, and she is only a few inches long, but she spent enough time with us that I was able to get a couple of nice shots—my first ever of a hummingbird.