>>7122
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Yeah, I already thought I had seen this one before. Dunno which species that is. Identifying birds is tiresome.
Glad they're not here though, we have lots of blackbirds and crows and they all get along.
I heard another hoopoe, they make a weird 90s phone ringtone sound. Went out to look for it but couldn't find the hoopoe. Too bad, they look cool.
Heard severals cuckoos as well but you almost never see them. Very elusive bird.

>>7123
Is the first one a dahlia? We never had luck with those and I don't really like them.

Second is California poppy (Eschscholzia californica)

Third is some Clematis hybrid.

All of those would flower months later here.

Is your grape actually dormant in winter? Ours are at roughly the same stage now with inflorescences visible. I'd thought in California they're evergreen.