Favorite Bird Shots of August ’24

“It can be difficult to accept the fact that a lot of birds have to be identified as “possible” or “probable.”
― David Allen Sibley, Sibley’s Birding Basics

Green Heron

Green Heron (sporting his mohawk)

Red-headed Woodpeckers–Parent showing the newbie the ropes or how to find the best bugs

Little Blue Heron

Barn Swallow

White-eyed Vireo

Ruby-throated Hummingbird–one of my white spotted ones

White Ibis (juvenile)

Summer Tanager (female)

Great Egret

Great Crested Flycatcher

Downy Woodpecker (male)

Northern Flicker Woodpecker

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

Young Duck–Mottled or Wood?

Mottled Duck

Acknowledge that Yahweh is God. He made us, and we are His–His people, the sheep of His pasture. Psalm 100:3

Favorite Bird Pics June ’24

“And here is where nature mocks you absolutely. Birds don’t work on your schedule. They don’t care an iota for your plans or desires. They ridicule your fantasy that you are in control of what it is you see. They appear when they want to and disappear accordingly.” Julia Zarankin in Field Notes from an Unintentional Birder

Baby Barred Owls

Daddy Downy Woodpecker feeding baby

Eastern Kingbird

Belted Kingfisher

Summer Tanager (male)

Hairy Woodpecker

Barred Owl

Green Heron

Goldfinch pair

Goldfinch (female)

Orchard Oriole (young male)

Summer Tanager (female)

Indigo Bunting

Eastern Wood-Pewee

Prothonotary Warbler (belting it out)

Prothonotary Warbler (with dinner)

Killdeer

Hairy Woodpecker (male)

Red-bellied Woodpecker (juvenile)

Ruby-throated Hummingbird at Mimosa Tree

Great Blue Heron

Red-Headed Woodpecker

Young Wood Duck

Mother Wood Duck with ducklings

Wood Duck duckling

Bird Pictures for August ’23

Prothonotary Warbler eating a juicy caterpillar for lunch!

Summer Tanager (female) eating a bee.

Green Heron looking for lunch.

Common Yellowthroat

Indigo Bunting

Blue Grosbeak (male)

Blue Grosbeak (female)

Belted Kingfishers (male above and female below)

Pileated Woodpecker (male)

Young Wood Ducks. Male on Left and Female on Right.

Mama Wood Ducks and offspring

Juvenile male Ruby-throated Hummingbird (showing off his red)

Ruby-throated Hummingbird (female)

Eastern Kingbird

“At whatever moment you read these words, day or night, there are birds aloft in the skies of the Western Hemisphere, migrating.” Scott Weidensaul in Living on the Wind Across the Hemisphere with Migratory Birds

Bird Photos from April’23

Common Yellow-Throat Warbler

White-eyed Vireo

Wood Duck Pair

Eastern Phoebe

Mother Wood Duck and ducklings

White-throated Sparrow

Canada Goose family

Green Heron

Pair of Red-Headed Woodpeckers

Belted Kingfisher

Northern Rough-Winged Swallow

Great Blue Heron

Are not two little sparrows sold for a copper coin? And yet not one of them falls to the ground apart from your Father’s will. Matthew 10:29