swamp friends
Where: Huntley Meadows Park When: 6:35 am Bird Species: northern cardinal, Carolina chickadee, tufted titmouse, indigo bunting, blue-gray gnatcatcher, red-winged blackbird, barn swallow, American goldfinch, prothonotary warbler, Canada goose, wood duck, great blue heron, osprey, great egret, mallard, downy woodpecker, common yellow-throat, green heron, orchard oriole
songbirds
Where: Eakin Community Park When: 5:45 pm Bird Species: European starling, eastern bluebird, house sparrow, white-breasted nuthatch Things I Thought About: * I have been fully out of my mind this week. We won't discuss it. * What a nice little bluebird family! I bet they'll
songbirds
Where: Huntley Meadows Park When: 5:25 pm Bird Species: northern cardinal, prothonotary warbler, wood duck, blue-gray gnatcatcher, barn swallow, tree swallow, great blue heron, Canada goose, common yellowthroat, indigo bunting, swamp sparrow, acadian flycatcher, solitary sandpiper, mallard, red-winged blackbird, fish crow Things I Thought About: * In my
songbirds
Where: Eakin Park, at Prosperity Road When: 5:40pm - 6:08 pm Bird Species: northern cardinal, American crow, eastern bluebird, house sparrow, American robin, common grackle. Heard but not seen: downy woodpecker, Carolina chickadee, red-shouldered hawk, pileated woodpecker, blue-gray gnatcatcher. Things I Thought About: * A person in my
songbirds
Where: Huntley Meadows Hike & Bike Trail When: 8:42 am Bird Species: northern cardinal, northern mockingbird, American redstart, indigo bunting, blue grosbeak, eastern bluebird, barn swallow, great blue heron, great egret, green heron, white-eyed vireo, ruby-throated hummingbird, red-winged blackbird, blue-gray gnatcatcher, common grackle, Carolina wren,
wren
Where: the neighborhood When: 9:25am Bird Species: blue jay, European starling, American robin, house sparrow, northern cardinal, Carolina wren * There have been two jays (married) hanging around the tree right at the end of our parking lot for weeks now. I wonder if they’re setting up a nesting
songbirds
Where: around the complex When: 10:20-10:55 am Bird Species: European starling, house sparrow, northern cardinal, downy woodpecker, blue jay, Carolina chickadee, white-breasted nuthatch, dark-eyed junco Things I Thought About: * Birds. Snow. The weather. My camera. I truly can’t remember thinking about anything except what
songbirds
Where: Cross County Trail, Eakin Community Park through Sally Ormsby Park When: 12:00pm Bird Species: white-throated sparrow, dark-eyed junco, northern cardinal, hairy woodpecker, red-bellied woodpecker, ruby-crowned kinglet, red-shouldered hawk, Carolina wren Things I Thought About: * I don’t like how if you don’t
songbirds
Where: Hidden Oaks Nature Center When: 12:00pm Bird Species: tufted titmouse, Carolina wren, Carolina chickadee, house finch, dark-eyed junco, mourning dove, downy woodpecker, brown creeper, red-bellied woodpecker, white-breasted nuthatch, American crow, turkey vulture (flyover), northern flicker, pileated woodpecker Things I Thought About: * I cannot believe the