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 wrapper with
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 I
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 a big choir
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: * A couple in the
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 Thought About:
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 phenomenon
Where: Eakin Community Park When: 5:35pm Bird Species: northern cardinal, blue jay, white-throated sparrow, eastern bluebird, tufted titmouse, American robin, house sparrow, American goldfinch, red-bellied woodpecker, hermit thrush, eastern towhee Things I Thought About: * I went to bed last night so mad at H&R Block I could
Where: I…don’t know When: 5:42 - 6:09 pm Bird Species: house sparrow, eastern bluebird, white-throated sparrow, fish crow, northern cardinal Things I Thought About: * I have been seeing a footbridge and a paved path behind a temporarily empty building on the highly congested route to pub
Where: the neighborhood When: 2:00pm Bird Species: American robin, house sparrow, house finch, common grackle, European starling, pileated woodpecker, blue jay Things I Thought About: * I love what a universal leveler Taskmaster is. I love that it looks like Kumail Nanjiani might be bad at doing tasks (complimentary.) Only
Where: Blackwater NWR, Cambridge, MD When: 6:15am - 1:20pm Bird Species: osprey, common grackle, red-winged blackbird, eastern bluebird, northern mockingbird, chipping sparrow, tree swallow, greater yellowlegs, common yellowthroat, American robin, king rail, great egret, northern flicker, brown-headed cowbird, Carolina chickadee, brown thrasher, great blue heron, bald eagle, northern
Where: Blackwater NWR, Cambridge, MD When: 3:58pm - 7:39pm Bird Species: great egret, bald eagle, common grackle, European starling, American robin. at least one or as many as three varieties of shorebird, northern flicker, wild turkey, red-winged blackbird, white-throated sparrow, northern mockingbird, trumpet swan, great blue heron, killdeer,
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
warblers
Where: Hidden Oaks Nature Center When: 12:40pm Bird Species: tufted titmouse, American robin, American crow, eastern phoebe, white-breasted nuthatch, golden-crowned kinglet, downy woodpecker, northern flicker, yellow-rumped warbler, downy woodpecker, Carolina chickadee, northern cardinal Things I Thought About: * Walking around slowly with your hands clasped behind your back, holding binoculars,