Rufous (or Ruby-throated?) Hummingbird, undisclosed location

The 8 photos I posted late tonight bring me all up-to-date - except for the last few days of our 13-day birding trip to South Texas in March 2019. Not sure if I will get any sorting and editing done for Day 8 before I go out somewhere and end up with more photos : )

Tonight's photos are a few odds and ends from a birding walk with friends in Fish Creek Park, on 30 May 2019. A few nice sightings included a Swainson's Hawk perched in a tree, waiting to swoop down and catch a Richardson's Ground Squirrel. That is exactly what it did, though at first it looked like it must have missed its target. However, other birders let us know that it did catch something - a baby gopher.

Other things seen included a Red-sided Garter Snake that slithered across the path in front of us - ugh! Also lots of wild Blue Clematis, pretty as ever. A Mourning Dove and a House Finch were two other birds that I managed to get a quick shot of. A rare treat was seeing a Rufous Hummingbird sitting on her tiny nest, hidden in the bushes and trees.