Well I FINALLY got to see an American Woodcock and not just hear one. Sorry for the shakiness, not image stabilization on my camera/lens and did not have a tripod with me. 😂 🪶
A sparrows with rusty reddish streaks, and some gray on the face and back perches on a bare branch.
A sparrows with rusty reddish streaks, and some gray on the face and back perches on a branch with some bundles of green leaves.
I actually got photos of one of the Fox Sparrows over the weekend! First good shots of the red variety. 🪶
Also some dude and his son were looking as it when we walked up. The guy apologized being that he wasn’t sure if I’d be freaked out by snakes and mentioned wanting to get him off the trail so it wouldn’t get stepped on. To which I responded by picking it up and moving it 🤣
A snake with a black back and white belly in the leaves on the ground.
A snake with a black back and white belly in the leaves on the ground. It has its head lifted up and is looking towards the camera.
A snake with a black back and white belly in the leaves on the ground. Its head is turned to face the camera directly.
Got to meet this curious little black rat snake while out on the trail yesterday. I moved them off the trail and they were very interested in me afterward.
Just watched a couple of Brown-headed Nuthatches get it on.
Also there’s a singing Fox Sparrow that won’t show itself.
Twin Peaks title screen with the text: "Bob lives inside RFK Jr." styled to fit, courtesy of https://welcometotwinpeaks.com/memes/twin-peaks-opening-title-generator/
hey, this is pretty neat!
Yessss
Well it’s official. Flights booked for a trip to South Korea in April!
Sounds about right 🤣 that’s exactly how Devo was too!
She knows what she wants 🤣
That’s fair. Not that many here atm. 😂
I love them 😂
Quote post w ur hawtest selfie.
Been growing out my hair and got it cut into a shape again. It was starting to look like a mushroom prior.
Two Common Grackles perched in a tree. The one on the left has its tail fanned and mouth open as it calls.
Two black birds with light eyes perched in a tree. You can see some blue iridescence on the neck of the one on the right.
Some photos I took of them the other evening. 🪶
Our backyard Grackles! They’ve been roosting here every night for weeks now.
You’re not wrong 😂
Ohh I didn’t realize that about the call! I always said the Eastern’s call sounds like a sword being unsheathed 😂
It’s really wild hearing it since I moved out to NC! I actually taught my non-birder boyfriend and he can identify them by song 😂
I do absolutely miss my Spotted Towhees though.
A study I led came out in Nature Cities yesterday!
We used radar to study the role that urban landscapes play in migratory bird stopover. Spoiler: birds use cities a lot, and the patterns of their use reflect social processes and the inequities embedded in them.
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Well this makes me glad I’m in Raleigh and not Durham anymore 😂
He’s just a lil guy, having fun 🥹
I have a Clark’s Nutcracker one from Crater Lake somewhere..,
Screenshot of my instagram notifications showing that the American Birding Association followed me.
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From late last month! Shouldn’t have been around at that time haha.
A small bird with an olive colored back, yellow on its throat, nape, and belly, and grayish cap perches on a branch. In the ground is the white of snow.
#BirdOfTheDay theme today is #PeacefulSolitude so here’s a Cape May Warbler chilling out on an icy day. 🪶
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Oh, I’m so sorry Monica. That’s rough.
Saw them a lot more often back in Oregon 😆
An Eared Grebe, a water bird that is mostly dark with some white on the chest and cheek and red eyes, floats on the water. It is facing toward the right.
An Eared Grebe, a water bird that is mostly dark with some white on the chest and cheek and red eyes, floats on the water. It is facing to the left.
Here it is closer up, not mixed in with the larger grebe group. 🪶
Thanks! Took me quite a bit of searching through the groups to find it!
