Two I shot today

[Dale Siscoe]

And darn if the little one dont have a band on its leg....I am wondering is this a special bird? anyone know what bird this is, Location San Diego on the coast.

[Titus213]

Nice captures. Looks like he was posing for you in that first one.

[downywp]

Bird banding is a technique for studying birds: http://www.pwrc.usgs.gov/bbl/ and this is a California Towhee, nice shots!:)

[Dale Siscoe]

Thank you for the Info and ID.

[pttenn]

I wondered what the ID was...that first shot is really nice!
Karen