backyard birds
Where: the neighborhood When: 6:30 pm Bird Species: gray catbird, American robin, chimney swift, fish crow, mourning dove Things I Thought About: * It just thunderstormed, and I have surely missed the light for the day, but TGIF am I right. It is still good to get a walk in
urban birds
Where: Smithsonian Castle When: 6:40 pm Bird Species: gray catbird, American robin, northern mockingbird Things I Thought About: * A lot of new little corner parks and benches and little installation pieces have popped up all over downtown and around the Mall, and I like a lot of them, and
urban birds
Where: 14th St. and Pennsylvania, DC When: 6:52 pm Bird Species: blue jay, house sparrow, European starling Things I Thought About: * The usual extremely redacted shit I think about whenever I get close to the Ellipse. * One time I saw ducks in the World War I memorial and now
womp womp
Rabbit Rabbit Where: Ranger Road Park When: 5:38 pm Bird Species: gray catbird, American goldfinch, mourning dove Things I Thought About: * I’m pretty over this park. It’s really my only option on Tuesdays, and I have fallen into the trap of thinking I should see good birds
backyard birds
Where: walking distance, but not the regular neighborhood loop When: 5:35 pm Bird Species: house sparrow, gray catbird, mourning dove, northern cardinal, blue jay, downy woodpecker, northern mockingbird, American robin Things I Thought About: * A bluejay was screaming all day outside my window, and naturally nowhere to be seen
backyard birds
Where: the neighborhood When: 11:30 am Bird Species: song sparrow, mourning dove, house sparrow, northern cardinal, American robin, gray catbird, fish crow Things I Thought About: * Very early in my walk I hear, spot, and immediately lose a song sparrow, because I cannot cross the street in a timely
swamp friends
Where: Huntley Meadows Park When: 6:55 am Bird Species: American robin, mourning dove, eastern bluebird, barn swallow, red-bellied woodpecker, downy woodpecker, ruby-throated hummingbird, osprey, American goldfinch, blue-gray gnatcatcher, least sandpiper, greater yellowlegs, wood duck, solitary sandpaper, killdeer, great blue heron, great egret, double-crested cormorant, mallard,
backyard birds
Where: the neighborhood When: 5:00 sharp Bird Species: mourning dove, European starling, house sparrow, northern mockingbird, gray catbird, American robin, northern cardinal, fish crow, blue jay Things I Thought About: * I haven't done what used to be my regular neighborhood morning loop in weeks and weeks. The
backyard birds
Where: Ranger Road Park When: 6:00 pm Bird Species: eastern bluebird, white-breasted nuthatch, gray catbird, mourning dove, northern cardinal Things I Thought About: * Absolutely Satan’s weather: cloudy, breezy, 78 degrees, 82% humidity. It feels so good, the breeze is so nice, then you stop moving for a
urban birds
Where: Downtown DC When: 12:45 pm Bird Species: European starling, house sparrow, rock pigeon, blue jay Things I Thought About: * Well, you definitely do not got to hand it to him, but downtown looks absolutely beautiful today. I have not seen Freedom Plaza without construction fencing all summer until
backyard birds
Where: Villa Lee Park When: 5:20 pm Bird Species: --- Things I Thought About: * I tried. I really did. I made the fatal mistake of saying “I have a little more time than usual before pub quiz. I’ll stop somewhere a little off the beaten track.” So I just
backyard birds
Where: Ossian Hall Park, which is actually the high school When: 5:20 pm Bird Species: house sparrow, mourning dove, American robin, northern mockingbird, house finch, American crow Things I Thought About: * Bird right now are quiet, and fat. * Bears will enter a period of hyperphagia in the fall, where