So I’m sitting outside experimenting with settings on my camera by taking pictures of sparrows
when a blue head appeared behind the feeder
That is a Lazuli Bunting. Here’s the male:
Here’s the female:
It’s hard to make out in this picture, but females have a blue rump. Everyone talks about Indigo Buntings, but this is my first experience with a Lazuli Bunting.
I’ve been filling the feeder with thistle seed in the hope that it would attract goldfinches. I haven’t seen any yet but I’m even more excited to see the buntings and I’ve now seem my first grosbeak!
Wow! I’ve never seen one!
When I first saw one, I could only make out the blue head and I thought I was seeing things.
[...] I haven’t seen them at my feeder, although I did see them last year. [...]