backyard birds
Where: the neighborhood When: 9:30am Bird Species: house sparrow, house finch, song sparrow, American crow, northern cardinal, northern mockingbird, mourning dove, American robin. The usual suspects. Things I Thought About: * In this audiobook a man is teaching a woman how to drive a manual transmission, and I am struck
backyard birds
Where: my complex When: 4:45 pm Bird Species: house sparrow, northern cardinal, northern mockingbird, American robin, mourning dove, European starling, American crow Things I Thought About: * Hmm, note to self: in order to enjoy the longer daylight, there must be sun out. * I feel completely wrung out today from
swamp friends
Where: Huntley Meadows Park When: 12:35-3:08pm Bird Species: dark-eyed junco, tufted titmouse, Eastern bluebird, white-throated sparrow, red-bellied woodpecker, red-shouldered hawk, downy woodpecker, white-breasted nuthatch, swamp sparrow, song sparrow, Carolina chickadee, red-headed woodpecker, Eastern towhee Things I Thought About: * It feels so good to be out here. I was
backyard birds
Where: the brushy hedgerow When: 1:20pm Bird Species: house sparrow, house finch, American crow (flyover), turkey vulture (flyover) Things I Thought About: * It’s gonna be a little embarrassing when I have to post a finch or a sparrow again, but that’s simply all there is around here
sparrows
Where: Wakefield Park When: 11:40am-12:20pm Bird Species: northern mockingbird, white-throated sparrow, tufted titmouse, Carolina chickadee, northern cardinal, red-bellied woodpecker, song sparrow, American crow, Carolina wren, downy woodpecker Things I Thought About: * The upcoming storm, and our unhoused neighbors. I hope everybody took the opportunities they were offered this
sparrows
Where: Wakefield Park The Brushy Hedgerow When: 11:43 am 12:06pm Bird Species: mourning dove, house sparrow, house finch, northern cardinal, northern mockingbird, white-throated sparrow, blue jay Things I Thought About: * Cold, cold, cold, cold, cold, cold, COLD. I do not want to go for a walk, I want
sparrows
BREAKING NEWS BOTD UPDATE Still in beta and already a catastrophic misidentification. In this way I bring you the unfiltered Sara Kate experience: confident pronouncements, followed hard upon by mortified backpedaling. In my defense, I've only ever seen one once before, and that was in profile and in
sparrows
Where: Cross County Trail - Eakin Community Park, Tobin Road to Prosperity When: 90 minutes starting around 2:30pm or so Bird Species: white-throated sparrows, white-breasted nuthatch, Carolina chickadee, downy woodpecker, turkey vulture (flyover), yellow-rumped warbler, tufted titmouse, eastern bluebird, Northen cardinal, red-bellied woodpecker. Heard but not seen: Carolina wren,