Favorite Bird Pics of April ’25

“Birds are beautiful. After a lifetime of study I still love to look at them and listen to them, even the common species.”
― Kenn Kaufman, Kaufman Field Guide to Insects of North America

Red-headed Woodpecker

Belted Kingfisher

Wood Ducks

White-eyed Vireo

Blue-winged Teal pair

Blue Jay

Eastern Kingbird

Pileated Woodpecker

Hairy Woodpecker

Eastern Towhee (male)

Mama Wood Duck and brood

Eastern Phoebe

Solitary Sandpiper

Red-bellied Woodpecker

Oh, come, let us sing to the LORD; let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation!” Psalm 95:1

Favorite Bird Shots of October ’24

Rose-breasted Grosbeak (female). An unusual visitor to my backyard as they only pass through in the spring and fall. I saw a juvenile male the next day.

Yellow-billed Cuckoo

Red-headed Woodpecker (juvenile)

Red-bellied Woodpecker (looks like he’s holding a Chee-to, but I suppose it’s not).

Wood Ducks (female)

Pine Warbler

Yellow-rumped Warbler

Northern Flicker

Red-Shouldered Hawk

Red-Headed Woodpecker

Northern Mockingbird

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (juvenile)

Blue Jay

Yellow-rumped Warbler

Cedar Waxwing

Black-throated Blue Warbler

Monarch Butterfly

I exalt You, my God the King, and praise your name forever and ever.” Psalm 145:1

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 Shots of April ’24

Pileated Woodpecker

Wood Duck ducklings

Ducklings and Otter

Wood Duck pair

Red-winged Blackbird

White-eyed Vireo

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (male)

Red-headed Woodpecker

Great Blue Heron (notice the fishing line around his legs)

Solitary Sandpiper

Red-shouldered Hawk on nest (I paid for this shot. When I turned my back, she dive-bombed me and hit me on the top of the head. I thought a coconut had fallen out of the tree).

Red-tailed Hawk

American Redstart

Mother Mallard and a few of her (at least) 14 ducklings

Prothonotary Warbler

Pine Warbler

Barred Owl Fledgling

Mama Wood Duck plus three

Eastern Kingbird

Favorite Bird Pics of February ’24

Pair of Wood Ducks checking out a potential nesting box

Brown-headed Nuthatch working on a new home

Great Blue Herons and Mallards Ducks–I think these mallards hired the herons as sentinels. The herons never moved the whole two hours I was there while the mallards slept or paddled around.

Hermit Thrush–I’ve seen and heard these birds quite a bit this winter. They will migrate north in the spring, so listen for them while you can.

Belted kingfisher (female)

Golden-crowned Kinglet–These little guys spend their summers nesting and breeding the high elevation spruce-fir forests of Appalachian North Carolina. They grace us here in the Piedmont with their presence during the winter months.

Red-shouldered Hawks–He brought her a snake but she didn’t seem interested.

Eastern Bluebird (male)

Pileated Woodpecker

Cedar Waxwing

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

Red-headed Woodpecker

Pine Warbler

“Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your Heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?” (Jesus; Matthew 6:26)

Birds of December ’23

Blue-headed Vireo (took this in November, but overlooked it and I don’t get many pictures of this one).

Red-headed Woodpecker

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

Carolina Wren

Northern Flicker (male)

Red-headed Woodpecker (juvenile)

Red-shouldered Hawk

Hairy Woodpecker

Northern Flicker (female) Can you tell I like woodpeckers?

Golden-crowned Kinglet

Dark-eyed Junco

Eastern Bluebird (male)

Belted Kingfisher

White-throated Sparrow

Great Blue Heron

Red-tailed Hawk

River Otter (not a bird, obviously; but I enjoyed seeing them).

Happy New Year!

Birds in October ’22 Part 2

Sord of Mallards

Myrtle Warbler

Red-bellied Woodpecker
Osprey

Osprey going for a fish

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

Tufted Titmouse

Eastern Phoebe

Red-headed Woodpecker

White-throated Sparrow

Red-shouldered Hawk

O LORD, how many and varied are Your works! In wisdom You have made them all; The earth is full of Your riches and Your creatures. Psalm104:24 (AMP)

Best Bird Pictures of September ’22

I keep forgetting to update this and post. I did have a good birding month. Hope you enjoy seeing these.

Bald Eagle
Egrets
Barred Owl
red-headed woodpecker
summer tanager
brown-headed nuthatch
male juvenile ruby-throated hummingbird
Eastern Phoebe
Great Blue Heron
Sanderling