This Carolina Chickadee is paused while working on cracking a sunflower seed. #birds

This Question Mark butterfly spent some time on the side of the house. I thought it was a dead leaf, at first. I never saw the other side of the wings. #butterfly

A young House Sparrow getting a drink at the bird bath. #birds

This Black Vulture made a pass over the backyard. It appears to have lost some feathers on the right wing. #birds

A young House Sparrow perched in the sunflowers. #birds

A lot of the small birds have been picking the seeds out of the sunflowers. Here's a male House Finch getting some seeds. #birds

An American Crow calling to his buddies from the tree. #birds

A Common Grackle checking the backyard from the wire. #birds

A Gulf Fritillary butterfly on the flame acanthus blooms. #butterfly

A young House Sparrow perched in the sunflowers. #birds

A male Northern Cardinal is puffed-up on the wire. #birds

A White-winged Dove drinking from the bird bath. I've learned that, unlike most birds, doves can swallow, so just stick their heads in the water and drink. Most birds have to scoop up water, then tilt back their heads to drink it in. #birds

A female Northern Cardinal eating a seed while perched in the tree. #birds

A Lesser Goldfinch pulling seeds out of a sunflower head. #birds

A male House Finch pausing in the tree. #birds

A Lesser Goldfinch getting a drink from the birdbath. #birds

A young House Sparrow in the tree. #birds

A mother Raccoon with her kit. #raccoon

A female Northern Cardinal foraging on the ground. #birds

A Tawny Emperor butterfly on a tree. #butterfly

A Gulf Fritillary butterfly on the Texas Lantana. #butterfly

One of the young Raccoons standing in the water dish. #raccoon

Young House Sparrow all puffed-up after a bath. #birds

Three young House Sparrows perched in the sunflowers. #birds

Blue Jay patiently waiting in the tree for more peanuts to come out. #birds

A female Northern Cardinal showing off the sunflower seed she selected from the feeder. #birds

Saw this Mississippi Kite flying circles over the neighborhood. #birds

Female Northern Cardinal on the feeder. #birds

Carolina Chickadee on the finch feeder. #birds

A male Northern Cardinal thinking about getting a drink. #birds