This is my Saturn peach starting to bloom. Normally this tree blooms in February and has fuzzy little green peaches and lots of leaves by now.
I saw this red-headed, red-breasted bird sitting in my apricot tree. There were actually two pairs of birds, the males with red and the females were much duller with kind of a yellowish tinge. I had to look them up on the web and found they are House Finches and the red color comes from their diet.
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Yes, my trees are just starting to leaf around here (So CA)and have only had one fruit tree with blossoms so far...weird winter/spring...those house finches are a riot! I have them almost exclusively on my feeders, along with the darling gold finches. Put out niger/thistle seed and you'll have a circus of little yellow birds at your house! I'm pretty sure I saw a western bluebird on Sat...exciting!Happy Spring!
Debby
Those peach blossoms are so beautiful, the blossoms here won't be out for a few weeks yet. Even then, the blossoms freeze about three out of every five years. I love the little house finches, the males sing so pretty in the Spring. They say it is to declare their territory but it is so pretty I like to think of them as courting songs.
Our neighbor's plum is just starting to bloom--it is so beautiful in the spring. This would be a good year to take a drive up to Lancaster to see the wildflowers.
We have a pair of those birds just like in your picture nesting by our front door.
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