backyard birds
Where: around the complex When: 4:00 pm Bird Species: American robin, European starling, house sparrow, mourning dove, gray catbird, northern flicker, house finch, American crow Things I Thought About: * All the Binax COVID kits have to be like 5 years old now, right? * I'm definitely sick, anyway.
sparrows
Where: Pine Ridge Park When: 10:45 am Bird Species: European starling, northern cardinal, house sparrow, American crow, tufted titmouse, eastern towhee, American robin Things I Thought About: * There is a small cemetery behind these playing fields, and to step back in to the woods to see it is like
sparrows
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
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
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
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
sparrows
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