My summer office window looks north into an aspen forest, the nearest trees being maybe six feet from the house. The berry shrubs that form part of the understory have ripened and songbirds come to feed.
I just saw a little fellow about 5" beak to tail with brown wings, a yellow breast and a reddish face. I write "he" as normally male birds are the gaudy ones.
A quick web search suggests he was a western tanager and he brightened my day. A range map shows them to be "breeding residents" in this region, they winter in southern Mexico and Central America.
