Photos: Timid House Finch

This male house finch was on the feeder, spotted me sneaking my long lens through the curtains at the window, and whisked off to the nearby peach tree, where he thinks he's well hidden:

He worked up enough courage to come back to the feeders.

Juvenile English sparrow at the suet feeder.

Female house finch:  "Hey, watcha doin' down there?"

"Just doin' a security check, that's what!"