Alas! The Evening Grosbeak

Although I have neighbors not too far away that say they have evening grosbeaks at their feeders all the time, I spotted my first one at my feeders last Friday! Not a great photo, as I was far away with my point and shot camera, but proof that one was finally here!

This little fellow is a male Golden-Crowned Kinglet that I think must have fallen out of his nest.  I found him on the grass up near the raspberries as I was picking today.  Everything is SO late this year......... the raspberries, flowers, the baby birds hatching......... thanks to the cold summer.

"Poor indeed is the garden in which birds find no homes."
- Abram L. Urban