Sacramento CA area.
Sparrow to Robin size. Golden belly with strong blue wings. Almost like a shrub jay with darker wings.
No chance you could have possibly rotated and cropped the photo before posting, eh?
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Well, there was always a chance you had no clue that such a thing could be done with photos you took.
I mean, I do know some exceedingly Luddite people who can barely take a photo, and for whom any ability to edit is far beyond their abilities. Nice people, but born most of a century too late. They would have been much more successful in the 50s or even earlier.
But a lot of people know the features exist within the camera app, they just can’t be arsed to use them.
I was just in a hurry and lazy.
I'm thinking its one of these https://onthefeeder.com/blue-birds-orange-chests/
Helpful but I don't see a match. I'll try to go back tomorrow and get a better shot.
it might be a little hard to id them right now because they wouldnt have their full spring/summer colors
where I live the golded sparrow takes on a dramatic change in colors for the seasonal change
I feel that it is something between full plumage.
Between the picture, your description and the area you saw it, I'm thinking it might be a Lazuli Bunting.
Red Breasted Nuthatch(es)?
I use this app to identify bird songs. Might be useful next time you are there. https://merlin.allaboutbirds.org/
I have it but no luck. Didn't have sound due to the area. I'll try again tomorrow.
Western bluebird maybe?
Possible, the masked eyes don't match
With that eye stripe and crest, I'm thinking Cedar Waxwing?
Not a cedar waxwing. The secondaries are a deep blue.
I concur.