backyard birds
Where: my balcony When: off and on most of the day Bird Species: song sparrow, northern mockingbird, blue jay, house sparrow, northern cardinal, gray catbird, pileated woodpecker, American robin, American crow, European starling, mourning dove Things I Thought About: * Bored. Bored, bored, bored, bored, bored. * The audiobook I have been
Guest Birder
Scott O'Kelley has been an avid birder for about 30 years. He was a writer and editor in a previous life but has worked in mental health as a counselor and administrator for the last 25 years or so. We have mutual friends in Athens, GA, as it
Guest Birder
SKW BOTD Behind the Scenes: So the bursa sac in my Achilles that ruptured two years ago is immensely inflamed, but not yet leaking, according to the emergency ortho visit that happened today. Ice and walking boot and rest. But I have a recovery plan. Stay tuned for a nice
backyard birds
Where: my complex and the one next door When: 6:00 pm Bird Species: house sparrow, house finch, mourning dove, northern cardinal, gray catbird, tufted titmouse, Carolina chickadee, blue jay, American robin, American crow Things I Thought About: * My Achilles is very much extremely fucked again. I am quite disheartened.
songbirds
Where: downtown DC When: 5:40 pm Bird Species: house sparrow, European starling, common grackle, mourning dove, common yellowthroat, American robin Things I Thought About: * Has there ever been a girl frog Muppet? It's always been good that when Kermit and Piggy have kids in a story, the
swamp friends
Where: n/a When: n/a Bird Species: none, rainout Things I Thought About: * I have never in my life made a Magic Eye work for me. Not one time. * Disgraced myself in pre-meeting Teams chit-chat by becoming very confused by the difference between the first day of
cardinal
Where: Eakin Community Park When: 5:35 pm Bird Species: northern cardinal, gray catbird Things I Thought About: * It rained very heavily up until about ten minutes ago. Now it's cool and breezy and very gray. Great showers of raindrops cascade off the trees every time the wind
Fairfax County Birds
Where: Lake Accotink Dam When: 4:45 pm Bird Species: great blue heron, Canada goose, green heron, bald eagle Things I Thought About: * The usual Sunday scary stuff, but a pretty mild case. Normally my Sunday birds are part of a long walk, but today I am feeling sleepy and
raptors
Where: Huntley Meadows Park When: 7:30 am Bird Species: eastern bluebird, northern cardinal, Carolina wren, ruby-throated hummingbird, American crow, red-bellied woodpecker, northern rough-winged swallow, downy woodpecker, American goldfinch, red-headed woodpecker, American robin, Carolina chickadee, osprey, eastern phoebe, northern flicker, blue-gray gnatcatcher, solitary sandpiper, killdeer,
Fairfax County Birds
Where: Wakefield Park When: 4:25 pm Bird Species: gray catbird, northern cardinal, downy woodpecker, red-bellied woodpecker, blue-gray gnatcatcher, Carolina chickadee, American crow, ruby-throated hummingbird, northern flicker, eastern bluebird, American goldfinch, northern mockingbird, Carolina wren Things I Thought About: * Well, yesterday was certainly embarrassing, but it is
womp womp
Where: n/a When: n/a Bird Species: n/a Things I Thought About: * The central premise of my "Of the Day" blog is breaking down very severely here at the end of Q3. Good thing it is free. * Surely it's not too obvious and I
urban birds
Where: downtown Washington, DC When: 5:50 pm Bird Species: rock pigeon, house sparrow, European starling, northern cardinal, northern mockingbird. Heard but not seen: peregrine falcon, my new part-time job, Things I Thought About: * The first season of Ted Lasso was a perfect season of television, and they for