woodpeckers
Where: the neighborhood When: 12:30-1:30pm, and 5:00pm Bird Species: house sparrow, American robin, European starling, northern mockingbird, mourning dove, house finch, white-throated sparrow, downy woodpecker Things I Thought About: * See, now this is snow I can live with. It was pretty when I woke up, and now
mockingbird
Where: my complex When: 1:30pm Bird Species: northern cardinal, American crow (flyover), blue jay, house sparrow, mourning dove, northern mockingbird * The Capital Weather Gang has adopted a pretty sassy online persona for an outfit that regularly predicts snow totals as “less than 2 to maybe 11 inches, depending.” * I
swamp friends
Where: Huntley Meadows Park When: 10:20am - 1:40pm Bird Species: song sparrow, swamp sparrow, red-bellied woodpecker, Carolina chickadee, Canada goose, mallard, northern pintail, green-winged teal, hooded merganser, red-winged blackbird, northern shoveler, ring-billed gull, red-headed woodpecker, downy woodpecker, great horned owl, eastern bluebird, white-throated sparrow, northern cardinal Things I
backyard birds
Where: to the HMart, sidewalks, 7905 steps round trip When: 3:35pm Bird Species: house sparrow, house finch, northern cardinal, northern mockingbird, song sparrow, European starling, American crow, American robin, downy woodpecker, red-bellied woodpecker, mourning dove, common grackle. The usual suspects. Things I Thought About: * FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT! A blue
backyard birds
Where: the neighborhood When: 9:12am Bird Species: mourning dove, blue jay, northern cardinal, American robin, Carolina wren, European starling, house sparrow, house finch, common grackle Things I Thought About: * A bunch of personal shit I will doubtless tell you about another time. * Today is sunless in a completely different
woodpeckers
Where: the neighborhood When: 8:45am Bird Species: American robin, mourning dove, house sparrow, northern mockingbird, northern cardinal, blue jay, northern flicker Things I Thought About: * I do not love how much of my mental life lately is filled up with email; waiting on an email, I need an email
cedar waxwing
Where: my complex When: 1:00pm Bird Species: northern cardinal, blue jay, house sparrow, song sparrow, house finch, fish crow, cedar waxwing, American robin, mourning dove, dark-eyed junco, white-throated sparrow. Heard but not seen: Carolina chickadee, Carolina wren. Things I Thought About: * An unbelievably stressful conversation I must have before
Where: the neighborhood When: 1:30pm Bird Species: house sparrow, house finch, American robin, European starling, northern mockingbird, mourning dove, blue jay, Cooper's hawk, northern cardinal Things I Thought About: * I have been listening to the Staying Alive podcast and have realized that I love listening to men
Where: Eakin Community Park (Municipal Garden) When: 11:30 am Bird Species: house sparrow, white-throated sparrow, downy woodpecker, yellow-rumped warbler. Heard but not seen: blue jay, eastern bluebird, dark-eyed junco, northern cardinal, American robin, red-bellied woodpecker. I started watching How to Get to Heaven from Belfast last night, and to
backyard birds
Where: the neighborhood When: 2:30 pm Bird Species: mourning dove, blue jay, American robin, European starling, house sparrow, turkey vulture (flyover), yellow-bellied sapsucker, red-bellied woodpecker, Northern mockingbird, Cooper's hawk, cedar waxwing, song sparrow, white throated sparrow, house finch, dark-eyed junco, house finch, downy woodpecker Things I Thought
national wildlife refuge
Where: Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge, Leipsic, DE When: 11:30 am - sundown Bird Species: black vulture, turkey vulture, yellow-rumped warbler, white-throated sparrow, hairy woodpecker, red-bellied woodpecker, mallard, American black duck, northern pintail, Canada geese, great blue heron, American robin, northern mockingbird, song sparrow, Cooper's hawk, tundra
backyard birds
Where: my complex When: 4:45 pm Bird Species: house sparrow, northern cardinal, northern mockingbird, American robin, mourning dove, European starling, American crow Things I Thought About: * Hmm, note to self: in order to enjoy the longer daylight, there must be sun out. * I feel completely wrung out today from