Female American Goldfinch

Female American Goldfinch dropped by today. 10-28-23

Northern Cardinal

Female Cardinal. Had a male and female visit earlier in the day in the Serviceberry tree. 10-22-23

Birds at the beach(Part 10)

Last part!

Birds at the beach(Part 9)

Birds at the beach(Part 8)

Birds at the beach(Part 7)

Birds at the beach(Part 6)

Birds at the beach.

Birds at the beach(Part 4)

What kind of birds are these?

Birds at the beach(Part 3)

Birds at the beach(Part 2)

More cormorants!

Birds at the beach(Part 1)

Eastern screech-owl.

Got it!

Tufted Titmouse with tasty treat 10-14-23

Sparrow Spa

Almost time to dig out the heater for the spa. 10-14-23

Blue Jay

Blue Jay with peanut 10-4-23 The Blue Jays love their peanuts!

White-brested nuthatch.

10/4/2023

Common Raven

Common Raven taking it all in high on a wire. 10-2-23

Red-bellied Woodpecker

A Red-bellied Woodpecker has been visiting over the last couple of days. 9-29-23

Mlae downy Woodpecker

Male Downy in the yard the this morning along with a hummer flitting about in the garden. 9-25-23

Wild turkeys.

Male Mallard

Female Mallard

Please ID this bird.

American Goldfinch

Finally some sunshine and a visit from a female American Goldfinch. Happily my hummer is still around.
9=12-23.

Birds on a branch

Some of today’s visitors. Still have a hummer in the yard but that won’t be for long. 9-9-23

Blue Jay, Cardinal, Sparrow

Friends sharing the bird bath on this very hot day 9-6-23

Woodpecker

Male Downy Woodpecker enjoying a spicy mix of seeds. 9-2-23

Hummingbird

Won’t be long before they head to Mexico.

American Goldfinch

American Goldfinch on the thistle sock 8-31-23

Immature male Downy Woodpecker

I know you cant see the red that indicates that he is a male; but it’s very faint and on the top of his head.

T Titmouse ~ C Wren

Cute Carolina Wren and Tufted Titmouse 8-28-23

Grosbeak?

Not sure who this is ~ 8-28-23

Hummingbird

Hummingbird enjoying the firecracker vine ~ 8-28-23.

Bluebird chicks.

8/23/2023

Female Downy Woodpecker

First Male hummer in august!

Most likely a migrating hummingbird.

Blue Jay Taking In The Morning Sun

Green heron, juvenile

Juvenile green heron fledged from a tree 100 yards from my property. It enjoyed using my dock as a hunting spot

Rose-breasted Grosbeak

Excited to have a visit from my first Rose-breasted Grosbeak! 8-18-23

Young Blue Jay

Afternoon visitors. 8-19-23

Tiny ~ Big

I know who the hummer is but who is this big guy? Some kind of Blackbird? Never seen it at the feeder before. 8-19-23

Feather ID!!?

I looked out my window today, and I saw this feather. I can’t figure out what bird it came from. Please ID!

Unknown Species Nest in Birdhouse

Male House Finch

My House Finches had a tougher time this year with nesting and raising their young. Hope next year is better for them. I love their noisy cheerful chatter. 8-14-23

Red-Eyed Vireo

Laughing gulls? Ocean City, NJ.

Popular hangout

Sparrows hanging out in the bird bath 8-12-23

Immature Blue Jay

Barn Swallow

Red-Tailed Hawk

Great Egret

Cute Cardinal

Yard full of Cardinals this morning. 8-10-23

Taking a dip

The Cardinals really enjoy the bird bath. 8-1-23

Titmice bathing

From the treetop

Male Cardinal chirpping loudly from the very top of my Lilac tree 8-9-23

Hanging in the rain

This Male Ruby-throaed hummert hung out long enough for me to get a dozen shots on this gloomy morning.
8-8-23

Breakfast

House sparrow feeding young ~ 8-8-23

Big splash

Big Blue Jay took a dive 8-6-23 Had to re-fill the birdbath!

Buffet of birds

Usual cast of characters that visit daily. 8-5-23

Red Head

Tthis Red-bellied Woodpecker looks like someone combed his cap feathers! The hummers remain quite active darting about. 8-3-23

Berry birds(Part 6)

Titmouse/Chickadee

8/2/2023

Berry birds(Part 5)

Family of Robins.

Berry birds(Part 4)

Eastern Great Egret Busy Fishing On a Hot Summer Day

The beautifuil Eastern Great Egret is considered a subspecies of the great egret. In New Zealand it is known as the white heron or by its Māori name kōtuku.
The elegant Great Egret is a dazzling sight in many a North American wetland. Slightly smaller and more svelte than a Great Blue Heron, these are still large birds with impressive wingspans. They hunt in classic heron fashion, standing immobile or wading through wetlands to capture fish with a deadly jab of their yellow bill.

Berry birds(Part 3)

Berry birds(Part 2)

Eye to the sky

The hummingbird activity has picked up quite a bit. Multiple daily visits to the feeder from dusk to dawn. It was a very slow start though. 8-2-23

Great White Egret

The great egret, also known as the common egret, large egret, or great white egret or great white heron is a large, widely distributed egret. The four subspecies are found in Asia, Africa, the Americas, and southern Europe. Recently it is also spreading to more northern areas of Europe.

Chickadees and Titmouse.

Ruby-throated hummer

Lots of activity this morning. Hummers, Carolina Wren, Cardinals, WB Nuthatch, Tufted Titmouse, Chipping Sparrow, Blue Jays! 8-1-23

Berry birds(Part 1)

Swainson’s Thrush

Spotted once this year in May. Has speckled breast. Identified by fellow birder on project feeder watch.

Feather ID

This feather was found on the ground on July 28 (2023).

Possible Identifications:
– Dark-eyed Junco (slate-coloured)
– Common Redpoll
– ……

Ruby throated- hummer

You can’t see his ruby throat in this pic but this little guy was just hanging out this morning~ 7-31-23

Barn Owl

Male Downy Woodpecker

Male Downy Woodpecker

Red-bellied Woodpecker

Red-bellied Woodpecker stopped by this morning. 7-28-23

Hungry Hummer

The hummers have been visiting more lately I’m happy to say. 7-27-23

Male House Finch

Male House finch dining solo. 7-26-23

Cool Cardinal

Male Cardinal having a good time cooling off. 7-26-23

Chipping Sparrow

Chipping Sparrow cooling off on a muggy day. 7-26-23

White-breasted nuthatch

Good amount of Nuthatch activity today… white breasted and red breasted……7-22-23

American Goldfinch

Handsome American Goldfinch dropped by today~ 7-22-23

Red- Breasted Nuthatch

Been awhile since I’ve spotted a Red- Breasted Nuthatch. I had two and they were feeding each other. I also noted two White- Breasted Nuthatches feeding each other as well. 7-22-23

Hanging out

Lots of activity this morning (including Hummers) after yesterday’s downpour. 7-22-23

Cardinal Love

Male Cardinal feeding female….Woodpecker listening to Blue Jay overhead. 7-22-23

Tufted Titmouse

Tufted Titmouse helping himself to a peanu. 7-22-23t

BC chickadee sipping

BC chickadee sipping the sweet stuff…7-20-23

Dangling Ruby-throated hummer

Fun shot of the underside of a Ruby-throated hummer. I had just changed the nectar and he was kind of dangling mid-air. 7-20-23

Feather ID needed

Blue feather found at Kleb Woods. Think either Eastern Bluebird or Blue Jay but leading towards Bluebird due to color. I’m not an expert on bluebirds but it looks nothing like a Blue Jay feather. https://ebird.org/checklist/S145097417

Ruby- throated Hummingbird

The Hummingbirds have been a bit elusive this year. This guy showed up the last couple of days and another followed trying to chase him off. 7-20-23.

Blue Jay

Beautiful Blue Jay just checking out the yard. 7-19-23

Should I ?

Looks like a young male Cardinal contemplating taking a dip. 7-19-23

Splish ~ Splash

Female Cardinal enjoying the water on a warm day. 7-19-23

Rufous Hummingbird Enjoying a Warm Summer Day

The Rufous Hummingbird makes one of the longest migratory journeys of any bird in the world, as measured by body size. At just over 3 inches long, its roughly 3,900-mile movement (one-way) from Alaska to Mexico is equivalent to 78,470,000 body lengths. In comparison, the 13-inch-long Arctic Tern’s one-way flight of about 11,185 mi is only 51,430,000 body lengths.
The Rufous Hummingbird has an excellent memory for location, no doubt helping it find flowers from day to day, or even year to year. Some birds have been seen returning from migration and investigating where a feeder had been the previous year, even though it had since been moved.
Rufous Hummingbirds, like most other hummingbirds, beat their wings extremely fast to be able to hover in place. The wingbeat frequency of Rufous Hummingbirds has been recorded at 52–62 wingbeats per second.

Caspian Tern Bringing Food for the baby

The regal Caspian Tern is the largest tern in the world, easily recognized by its brilliant red fish-knife of a bill and deep, raspy call. Found all over the world, the Caspian favors both freshwater and saltwater environments. It feeds mostly on fish, captured in nimble aerial dives. On the nesting grounds, paired Caspian Terns perform splendid displays in the air, rising up to great heights in tandem. They migrate nocturnally, and in autumn their rolling calls are sometimes heard overhead during the night.
Caspian Terns prey mostly on fish, supplementing their diet with crustaceans such as crayfish and occasionally large insects. To locate prey, they fly above water, between 10 and 100 feet high, and scan the water with bill pointed downward. When they spot prey they dive rapidly, usually submerging the body in the process but sometimes snatching the prey from the water without diving in.

Great Blue Heron On a Fireplace Chimney

The great blue heron is a large wading bird in the heron family Ardeidae, common near the shores of open water and in wetlands over most of North and Central America, as well as far northwestern South America, the Caribbean and the Galápagos Islands