Bird observations:

   1. Pine Siskin

Male

   I found this guy just when I put the camera away in the backpack to start the trek up the bike path. Cursing my decision I slowly rifled the camera out. Quickly zooming and metering I managed to get some shots of this bird unbeknownst to me at the time. After the I checked the playback on the camera screen, a happy with the results, I noticed that he wasn't in much of a rush.

Female

   She came along once the male realized I wasn't a threat. They both just flew around doing their birdsongs.

   2. Chestnut-Backed Chickadee

   3. Mountain Chickadee