My first sighting of this hard to capture warbler!
Found in brushy, second-growth and open woods.
Saturday, July 31, 2010
Thursday, July 29, 2010
Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra)
A flash of color caught my eye
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus)
Who sees me before I see them?
Then without a sound, flies away.
Off to find a perch away from prying eyes.
Length 22' Wingspan 44" Weight 3.1 lb Year long resident all across the North American Continent Song - hoo hoodo hooo hoo & variations |
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater)
He wasn't on the farm this day
Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinesis)
Mewing & mimicking
This guy seemed to want his photo taken. Length 8.5" Wingspan 11" Weight 1.3oz Call - hoarse, catlike mewing |
Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum)
Masked berry snatcher
Length 7.25" Wingspan 12" Weight 1.1oz |
One out of many
Song - a series of high sree notes Call - very high, thin, clear trilled sree Alarm - piercing seeew |
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea)
High in the tree tops
Length 4.5" Wingspan 6" Weight .21oz Waiting to switch places Song - thin weezy notes with high chirps & slurs zee zeet zeet zill zwee zwee |
Green Heron (Butorides virescens)
Solitary & secretive
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