This gallery is for several days' worth of birding. I got a Hermit Thrush photo I really quite like, in the rain. An improvement was made for my best shot of a Eurasian Collared-Dove, though still not a great shot. The first (and likely only) Golden-crowned Sparrows of the year for my yard made an appearance. Most importantly, I got my first shots of an Orange-crowned Warbler. I've used the Merlin app to identified them nearby, by song alone, many times without having seen one. On successive days I saw one down on the forest floor just before sunset and then at home through the kitchen window. The photos from home are terrible but I'm glad I finally got them!

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My "birds in review" collages can be found here.