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Dauphin Island Birding
Prothonotary Warbler Summer Tanager Worm-eating warbler Blue-winged warblerWe took a trip to Dauphin Island off the coast of Alabama. Dauphin Island is a barrier island and one of the first places a...
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More from Dauphin Island
Molting TanagerSummer Tanager and KingbirdBlack and White WarblerWillow FlycatcherEastern KingbirdFemale Orchard OrioleMale Orchard OrioleRed-eyed VireoBlue-grey GnatcatcherGreen HeronBlue Grosbeak -...
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Ruby Red Throat Hummingbird: Photos by Susan
Ruby Red Throat Hummingbird drinking nectar from Red Salvia (lady in red) in my Bordentown, New Jersey backyard.
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Baby Ducks
Yesterday, we thought we saw a baby duck with its parents, but something wasn't right. The baby was too large and the male usually isn't involved in raising the ducklings. We think it was an immature...
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Catbirds Return
This week has seen the return of one of Chris' favorite birds: the catbird. Right now, their call sounds like a baby crying. Later on in the season, their song is more melodic. They come to jelly...
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Birding Central Park
Warbling VireoBlack and White WarblerOvenbirdBlack-crowned Night HeronWe were in New York this weekend and did some birding in Central Park Monday AM. It was good exercise after all the eating we...
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Baltimore Oriole
We arrived home to find two male orioles in the yard. It looks like they are competing to see which one will build a nest in the tree by the lake.This one looks like a juvenile to us.
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Birds of Riverside, CA
HummingbirdSpotted TowheeLesser GoldfinchBewicks WrenWe were visiting Riverside, CA and stopped by the botanical garden. We saw a few birds and will have to visit again when we have more time.
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City Birds: Little Rock, Arkansas
We took a trip to Little Rock, Arkansas for our son-in-law's Ph.D. graduation. We didn't take the birding camera but got a few shots of some city birds with the people camera. We stayed at the Peabody...
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Scissor-tailed flycatcher
We were in Little Rock when we got the email that a Scissor-tailed flycatcher had been seen in New Jersey in Franklin Township. Mike was debating whether to skip work on Monday to see this rare...
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Chip has a girlfriend
Chip has a girlfriend!! - or possibly an entire family. Yesterday Chris saw two darling little chipmunks popping out at the same time from "Chip's" hole next to the back walkway. They looked like...
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Bobolinks at Hoffman Park, Union NJ
Inspired by the reports of bobolinks and a few hours of nice weather, we took a trip to Hoffman Park in Union. Upon pulling into the park, we heard and then saw a male bobolink. We got some good looks...
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Titmice feeding and bathing
The titmice have fledged. We have 2 parents and about 4 kids visiting the feeders and birdbath. The fledglings chirp 'feed me' constantly but we enjoy the activity.
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Northern Flicker Nest
Chris has been hearing the loud repetitive call of a bird from the front yard for a couple of weeks. We decided to investigate this weekend. Yesterday, we saw a Northern Flicker fly out of the large...
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Birding the last week of May
Northern CardinalBaby CardinalNorthern FlickerChickadeeHouse WrenCerulean WarblerThings have been fairly active around our house. The titmice are feeding their young and a pair of Northern Cardinals is...
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Birding at AgOps at UC Riverside
Here are a few more of the birds we saw at Riverside, mostly at the AgOps area of campus. The western kingbird was at a nearby park. The Western Wood-Pewee was a new bird to us.Western KingbirdWestern...
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Northern Flickers
We were out in Riverside, California again and went birding with some people at UC Riverside. One of the highlights for us was the red-shafted northern flicker. We get the yellow shafted in NJ.Red...
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Snow Goose on Lake Nelson
We are back in Jersey and were surprised to find a Snow Goose on Lake Nelson. This is a new bird for this lake, even if they are somewhat common winter residents elsewhere in NJ.
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Baby Red Bellied Woodpecker
While we are waiting and hoping to see the baby flickers, a baby red-bellied woodpecker followed its mother to a feeder in our yard.
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