Palm Springs birds

[Tim Abbott]

Hi Ned, would you please give me an ID on these birds?  I believe photo 1 and 2 are black chinned hummingbirds, 1 is male, 2 is female.  Photo 3 I believe are female western bluebirds except little bird on the left & photo 4 I don't know.  Thank you.

[oldned]

Correct on the Hummingbirds & Western Bluebirds. Bird on left on the rock looks like a juvenile Western Bluebird. Last bird looks like an Abert's Towhee-where did you see these birds?

[Tim Abbott]

Oh thank you Ned. We were in Palm Springs Calif at a gated community by the Indian property. I saw the humming birds & towhee there & I saw the blubirds on a hike up the side of nearby mountain, I was at about 2000 ft & they were on a rock. We drove through the Mohave from Red Rock Canyon outside of Las Vegas to get to Palm Springs, Kelso dunes looked cool. Thanks again.