raptors
Where: Cross County Trail between Tobin Road and King Arthur When: February 4, 2024 BOTD: the barred owl. * The above is the first owl I ever spotted on my own. At the time I took that photo I had listed 11 birds. Every bird still sounded the same to me,
Guest Birder
Guest Birder of the Day: Maggie Hendricks, to whom I gave a link to this blog when I was still using the free trial version of the platform. Maggie has made surreptitious appearances on the blog as one of the Aunties in the famous Group Chat and Yahtzee Zoom. Everyone
lifers
Where: Huntley Meadows Park When: 12:50pm Bird Species: American robin, yellow-rumped warbler, common grackle, downy woodpecker, tufted titmouse, northern cardinal, mourning dove, red-headed woodpecker, mallard, Canada goose, blue-gray gnatcatcher, common yellowthroat, white-throated sparrow, wood duck, red-winged blackbird, white-eyed vireo (lifer), eastern bluebird, American
finches
Where: around the complex When: 6:04pm Bird Species: American robin, house sparrow, house finch, common grackle, northern cardinal, mourning dove, blue jay Things I Thought About: * My guy hiking the AT has introduced me to the concept of Zeroes and NearOes, days where he does none of the AT,
urban birds
Where: Smithsonian Castle Gardens When: 5:48 pm Bird Species: American robin, northern cardinal, northern mockingbird, common grackle, European starling, house sparrow, white-throated sparrow, eastern towhee, mallard, mourning dove Things I Thought About: * What do spies exchange now that no one carries attaché cases anymore? I have never seen
raptors
Where: Wakefield Park When: 6:20pm Bird Species: American robin, northern cardinal, red-bellied woodpecker, blue-gray gnatcatcher, white-throated sparrow, house sparrow, house finch, osprey, house finch Things I Thought About: * I feel like I am coming down with something, and I am, as always, attacking it with complete
woodpeckers
Where: Ranger Road Park When: 5:35 pm Bird Species: eastern bluebird, white-throated sparrow, American robin, northern cardinal, red-bellied woodpecker Things I Thought About: * I started chewing this gum before I got on the metro and it is thoroughly cashed now, but I don't have the
woodpeckers
Where: around my complex When: 6:05 pm Bird Species: American robin, house sparrow, house finch, northern cardinal, American crow, song sparrow, white-throated sparrow, pileated woodpecker Things I Thought About: * The young miscreants who live in the complex are playing soccer in the courtyard again, shirts and skins, which
raptors
Where: Hidden Oaks Nature Center When: 3:35 pm Bird Species: American crow, pileated woodpecker, tufted titmouse, white-throated sparrow, white-breasted nuthatch, myrtle warbler, American robin, northern cardinal, downy woodpecker, red-shouldered hawk, blue jay Things I Thought About: * A friend's IG story looked like they had
swamp friends
Where: Huntley Meadows Park When: 3:00 pm Bird Species: downy woodpecker, northern cardinal, white-throated sparrow, European starling, mallard, Canada goose, red-winged blackbird, American coot, common yellowthroat, great blue heron, osprey, blue-gray gnatcatcher, great horned owl, wood duck, red-headed woodpecker, American robin Things I Thought About:
womp womp
Where: Lake Accotink Park When: 5:00pm until sunset Bird Species: white-throated sparrow, Carolina wren, downy woodpecker, Carolina chickadee, American robin, northern cardinal, blue-grey gnatcatcher, American goldfinch, northern cardinal, tufted titmouse, Canada goose, mallard, house sparrow, eastern bluebird, house finch, mourning dove, barn swallow, pileated woodpecker Things I
sparrows
Where: Dunn Loring Community Park When: 6:34pm Bird Species: American robin, American crow, red-bellied woodpecker, eastern towhee. Heard but not seen: a bunch, apparently. Things I Thought About: * Anyone who gets involved with birding later in life is likely to have Merlin on their phone, and therefore the