swamp friends
Where: Huntley Meadows Park When: 5:46pm Bird Species: northern cardinal, European starling, American robin, Canada goose, mallard, the hybrid celebrity duck, American coot, red-wing blackbird Things I Thought About: * It is much too late to be hitting the park, but I just want to be here. * A woman exiting
urban birds
Where: Smithsonian Castle and surrounds When: 5:30pm Bird Species: house sparrow, common grackle, European starling, American robin, rock pigeon, northern mockingbird, mourning dove, white-throated sparrow, mallard, northern cardinal Things I Thought About: * There is one bird in the Smithsonian Urban Bird habitat. It is a house sparrow. There'
sparrows
Where: Dunn Loring Community Park When: 6:12pm Bird Species: northern cardinal, eastern towhee, tufted titmouse, American crow, Carolina wren, house sparrow, eastern bluebird, red-bellied woodpecker, American robin Things I Thought About: * I walked a bit before work this morning and got a nice photo of that female cardinal, so
Where: Ranger Road Park When: 5:42pm Bird Species: eastern bluebird, white-throated sparrow, American robin, northern cardinal, mourning dove, downy woodpecker, white-breasted nuthatch Things I Thought About: * The Mothman Prophecies must have just dropped onto streaming somewhere. Both of my horror movie podcasts have covered it this week. * It is.
backyard birds
Where: the neighborhood When: 8:00am Bird Species: house sparrow, mourning dove, northern cardinal, European starling, American crow, blue jay, fish crow, common grackle, American robin, dark-eyed junco, white-breasted nuthatch, northern flicker Things I Thought About: * I read where there was some reliable indicator on how to tell a fish
sparrows
Where: Hidden Oaks Nature Center When: 4:35pm Bird Species: white-throated sparrow, northern cardinal, tufted titmouse, American robin, Carolina chickadee, blue jay, hairy woodpecker, hermit thrush, red-bellied woodpecker, American crow, white-breasted nuthatch Things I Thought About: * The Easter service this morning was all the hits: the good Easter hymns, Easter
cardinal
Where: the neighborhood When: 3:20pm Bird Species: northern mockingbird, house sparrow, house finch, American robin, Carolina chickadee, European starling, mourning dove, fish crow Things I Thought About: * Holy week, and the annual tradition of me explaining to a new person that Catholics aren't the only people that
Where: the neighborhood When: 3:40pm Bird Species: northern cardinal, northern mockingbird, dark-eyed junco, house sparrow, blue jay, Carolina chickadee, common grackle, American robin Things I Thought About: * I left my phone at home. This was a deliberate decision and, shockingly, it is not making me anxious at all. I’
urban birds
Where: Tidal Basin, DC When: 4:45pm Bird Species: rock pigeon, house sparrow, American robin, European starling, mourning dove Things I Thought About: * I am so dedicated to the New Year’s resolution that produced the bird blog that I am determined to get a photo during this, my first
woodpeckers
Rabbit Rabbit Where: Fairview Park When: 5:30pm Bird Species: American robin, red-bellied woodpecker, northern flicker, tufted titmouse, Carolina chickadee, Canada goose, mallard, red-winged blackbird, blue jay, northern cardinal Things I Thought About It: * Work, naturally. I met my boss today. The onboarding at the new job has been the
woodpeckers
Where: Ranger Road Park When: 5:30pm Bird Species: American robin, hairy woodpecker, Carolina wren, Carolina chickadee, northern cardinal, eastern bluebird, European starling, pileated woodpecker, great blue heron Things I Thought About: * I am thinking about famed Italian explorer, mountaineer, and handsome devil Reinhold Messner. I first encountered this man
raptors
Where: the neighborhood When: 5:45pm Bird Species: house sparrow, house finch, tufted titmouse, northern cardinal, European starling, common grackle, song sparrow, mourning dove, blue jay, dark-eyed junco, Carolina wren, American robin, Cooper's hawk Things I Thought About: * Ugh, it is NOISY out this evening. A child is