backyard birds
Where: Eakin Park at Prosperity When: 6:10 pm Bird Species: Heard but not seen: Carolina wren, northern cardinal, eastern bluebird, Carolina chickadee, American gold finch. Seen: eastern kingbird, house sparrow Things I Thought About: * I am playing a second round of pub quiz tonight, because we won last time
Baby Birds
Where: Eakin Park at Tobin Road When: 6:30 pm Bird Species: house sparrow, eastern bluebird, American goldfinch, eastern kingbird, tree swallow, downy woodpecker, northern cardinal Things I Thought About: * Kima Greggs from The Wire is producing a re-watch podcast, and, okay, fine, get your bag, your industry is
Parking Lot Birds
Where: Ranger Road Park, and then the parking lot at pub quiz When: 8:45 pm Bird Species: heard but not seen: house sparrow, house finch, northern cardinal, Carolina wren, European starling. Seen: American robin. Things I Thought About: * Today I typed and deleted a sentence in a work email
woodpeckers
Where: the neighborhood When: 4:35 pm Bird Species: house sparrow, house finch, gray catbird, European starling, mourning dove, red-bellied woodpecker, song sparrow, common grackle, northern cardinal Things I Thought About: * When I conceived the idea of a bird every day, one thing I did not consider was how
backyard birds
Where: Boston Common When: 8:45 am Bird Species: rock pigeon, house sparrow, ring-billed gull, European starling Things I Thought About: * I didn't pack my camera because it is heavy and takes up space in a backpack, and since I was only going to be here over
Guest Birder
Guest Birder of the Day: Have I ever got a treat for you today. I am away for a quick overnight trip and managed to enlist the popular, talented, and all-around terrific Scott Hines, known to many as ActionCookbook, to cover. Enjoy your one day break from me! I
swamp friends
Where: Huntley Meadows Park When: 4:55 pm Bird Species: Carolina chickadee, white-breasted nuthatch, northern cardinal, eastern phoebe, song sparrow, indigo bunting, red-winged blackbird, Canada goose, mallard, green heron, osprey, blue-gray gnatcatcher, barn swallow, great egret, great blue heron, common yellowthroat, common grackle, red-headed woodpecker Things
backyard birds
Where: the neighborhood When: 7:30 am Bird Species: house sparrow, gray catbird, American robin, mourning dove, European starling, common grackle, house finch Things I Thought About: * I have been enjoying my current audiobook but just now the narrator said, "her eyes slurped him up" and I simply
backyard birds
Where: my parking lot When: 6:55 am Bird Species: house sparrow, American robin, song sparrow Things I Thought About: * I had better take a photo right this minute. Today is our company Summer Outing, which is a party suite at Nationals Park for the day game. I have no
swamp friends
Where: Huntley Meadows Park When: 9:12 am Bird Species: tufted titmouse, blue-gray gnatcatcher, northern cardinal, red-shouldered hawk, European starling, fish crow, eastern kingbird, red-winged blackbird, green heron, great blue heron, mallard, great egret, barn swallow, osprey, downy woodpecker, Canada goose, Carolina chickadee, brown-headed cowbird Things
backyard birds
Where: the neighborhood When: 8:00 am Bird Species: house sparrow, northern cardinal, European starling, mourning dove, house finch, American robin, gray catbird, blue jay Things I Thought About: * Oh, man, this is perfect June weather. Breezy and in the 60s and low humidity. A miracle. * An unexpected wrinkle in
backyard birds
Where: Lake Accotink Marina family game night, Springfield, VA When: 4:30 pm 6:00 pm Bird Species: house sparrow, northern cardinal, mourning dove, gray catbird, northern mockingbird, brown thrasher, American robin Things I Thought About: * Oh, it is much hotter than I thought it would be. * The marina lot