backyard birds
Where: the neighborhood When: 11:30 am Bird Species: song sparrow, mourning dove, house sparrow, northern cardinal, American robin, gray catbird, fish crow Things I Thought About: * Very early in my walk I hear, spot, and immediately lose a song sparrow, because I cannot cross the street in a timely
backyard birds
Rabbit Rabbit Where: around the complex When: 6:00 pm Bird Species: gray catbird, American robin, northern cardinal, house sparrow, mourning dove, European starling Things I Thought About: * Neither my new glasses nor my new contact lenses have arrived yet. I got the exam Friday a week ago. I am
cardinal
Where: Hidden Oaks Nature Center When: 5:50 pm Bird Species: Carolina chickadee, house finch, eastern towhee, northern cardinal, American crow, white-breasted nuthatch Things I Thought About: * This tree has two chickadees in it, and it sounds like it could be thirty. They have that buzzy little call, and
cardinal
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
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
cardinal
Where: the neighborhood When: 7:40am Bird Species: northern cardinal, northern mockingbird, American robin, European starling, house sparrow, song sparrow, red-bellied woodpecker, white-throated sparrow, dark-eyed junco, American crow, common grackle, blue jay, white-breasted nuthatch Things I Thought About: * The song sparrows are singing away this morning.
backyard birds
Where: the row of trees across the street When: 2:12 -2:35pm Bird Species: northern mockingbird, mourning dove, northern cardinal, house sparrow. Things I Thought About: * A whole new emotion I have unlocked is “I don’t really have time to look for a bird today, this feels awful.
backyard birds
Where: the neighborhood When: 11:30 am Bird Species: house sparrow, northern cardinal, American robin, turkey vulture (flyover), European starling, American crow, mourning dove, yellow-bellied sapsucker, Cooper's hawk, dark-eyed junco, downy woodpecker, Carolina wren Things I Thought About: * I will be changing jobs soon, so lately
backyard birds
Where: the neighborhood When: 2:30 pm Bird Species: mourning dove, house sparrow, European starling, yellow-rumped warbler, northern mockingbird, northern cardinal, white-throated sparrow. American robin, house finch Things I Thought About: * One of the worst relationship dynamics any woman could ever have, and one of the worst professional
backyard birds
Where: inside, thank you very much When: all day, except the shoveling, which I did not enjoy and which I'm going to have to do again before sundown Bird Species: around 8am an American crow was systematically picking through and rejecting items from the recycling bin that fell
cardinal
Where: Cross County Trail - Wakefield Park towards Accotink When: 12:17pm - 1:42pm (was watching my new Garmin) Bird species: white-throated sparrow, tufted titmouse, pileated woodpecker, red-bellied woodpecker, Canada goose, Northern cardinal, Carolina chickadee, northern mockingbird, downy woodpecker. Things I Thought About: * My car door latch doesn'