swamp friends
Where: Huntley Meadows Park When: 12:35-3:08pm Bird Species: dark-eyed junco, tufted titmouse, Eastern bluebird, white-throated sparrow, red-bellied woodpecker, red-shouldered hawk, downy woodpecker, white-breasted nuthatch, swamp sparrow, song sparrow, Carolina chickadee, red-headed woodpecker, Eastern towhee Things I Thought About: * It feels so good to be out here. I was
backyard birds
Where: my parking lot When: 1:10 - 1:16 pm Bird Species: European starling (flyover), dark-eyed junco. Heard but not seen: white-breasted nuthatch, house sparrow, blue jay, American robin. Things I Thought About: * If I didn't have to run to the store because the batteries in my
warblers
Where: the neighborhood When: 11:15am Bird Species: house sparrow, mourning dove, yellow-rumped warbler, northern mockingbird, northern cardinal, American robin, American crow, white-breasted nuthatch, Carolina chickadee, European starling, red-bellied woodpecker, blue jay, northern flicker, dark-eyed junco, downy woodpecker, Canada geese (flyover) Things I Thought About: * When I first got interested
backyard birds
Where: my complex When: 9:26-9:48am. Please clap. Bird Species: house sparrow, European starling, American robin, blue jay, house finch, northern cardinal, white-breasted nuthatch. Heard but not seen: red-bellied woodpecker. Things I Thought About: * I have 34 minutes to spare, and 11 shots left on this camera card. If
raptors
Where: the brushy hedgerow When: 9:26 am Bird Species: northern mockingbird, northern cardinal, house sparrow, mourning dove, American robin, sharp-shinned hawk, blue jay Things I Thought About: * Work, and my job, and the job market, and how a project I’m trying to wrap up is stretching like taffy
special guest star
Where: the neighborhood When: 9:45am Bird Species: house sparrow, house finch, American robin, American crow, northern mockingbird, mourning dove, Carolina chickadee, northern cardinal, red-bellied woodpecker, Carolina wren, Canada goose (flyover), white-breasted nuthatch, fish crow, European starling, cedar waxwing (!!), blue jay, downy woodpecker Things I Thought About: * The havoc I
backyard birds
Where: the neighborhood, plus a few more streets than usual When: 2:30 pm - 4:52 pm. Don't tell anybody. Bird Species: house sparrow, blue jay, American robin, downy woodpecker, northern mockingbird, northern cardinal, white-breasted nuthatch, European starling, mourning dove, house finch, white-throated sparrow Things I Thought
backyard birds
Rabbit Rabbit Where: my complex When: 10:38 am Bird Species: European starling, northern mockingbird, house sparrow, blue jay, northern cardinal, American crow, American robin, downy woodpecker Things I Thought About: * Mostly I thought about my niece, who came over for sleepover and will still be abed when I get
woodpeckers
Where: my complex When: 1:20pm Bird Species: blue jay, house sparrow, American robin, dark-eyed-junco, downy woodpecker, European starling Things I Thought About: * A bunch of personal shit with which I will not bore. * Rachel McAdams gets to do anything she wants to to any man, imo. * I am so
songbirds
Where: around the complex When: 10:20-10:55 am Bird Species: European starling, house sparrow, northern cardinal, downy woodpecker, blue jay, Carolina chickadee, white-breasted nuthatch, dark-eyed junco Things I Thought About: * Birds. Snow. The weather. My camera. I truly can’t remember thinking about anything except what I was doing,
woodpeckers
Where: my complex and the one next door, which finally cleared their sidewalks yesterday When: 9:16 am Bird Species: house sparrow, white-throated sparrow, dark-eyed junco, red-bellied woodpecker, blue jay, yellow-bellied sapsucker, northern mockingbird, northern cardinal Things I Thought About: * The LinkedIn Job Alerts “You might be a fit for…
bluejay
Where: around my condo complex When: 10:20 am Bird Species: house sparrow, northern mockingbird, tufted titmouse, Carolina wren, northern cardinal, song sparrow, blue jay Things I Thought About: * Furious with myself for logging into Facebook for the first time this year, only intending to wish someone a happy birthday,