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A Spring Sampling
I’ve been writing this blog since 2012 but last early last month, I suddenly lost access to it. The other day, it just reappeared and my technical guy is helping me shore up things. In the meantime, I started writing on Substack and some of you have subscribed to that. I think I’ll use both systems but not post the same articles. So here are a few of the photos I took during the hiatus. A…
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I Brake For Birds
This popular birder bumper sticker seems especially appropriate at this time of year when I’m looking for winter birds that can be elusive – Grosbeaks, Buntings, Horned Larks, Bohemian Waxwings, Snowy Owls. I had some extra time this morning and took the long way on back roads to my appointment. Coming around the corner of a narrow road, I came upon a flock of about a dozen Evening Grosbeaks…
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An Afternoon Surprise
Yesterday afternoon, I was sitting out back near the river reading in the shade, with Ginger on my lap. I was missing seeing the inquisitive Common Yellowthroats and aerobatic Eastern Kingbirds, and many others — it was bittersweet to realize that most of our summer birds are suddenly gone. Movement caught my eye and two large birds languidly flew upstream, right in front of me. A Great Blue…
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Mid-May Birding
Every day, new birds are arriving – it’s a great time for birding. Yesterday, I drove into a parking spot at Ginger’s play group and rolled down the window to get this hummer. This Yellow-bellied Sapsucker and his mate are driving our neighbors crazy with their constant drilling on the sheet metal shed roof. Canada Geese are raising youngsters all along the river. One of the delightful new…
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Back Home
A lot of birds arrived during our trip to North Carolina. On the first morning back, I had a wonderful outing. My first Vermont Gray Catbird of the year This Mallard was spectacular in the morning sun A Solitary Sandpiper A Red Trillium along the trail Many birds were singing including warblers (Yellow, Black & White, Chestnut-sided, Yellow-rumped, and Common Yellowthroat) and at the end of…
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Long-Tailed Ducks
On a morning with new wet snow on the ground and a snow/rain mix falling, Ginger and I added a little in-the-car birding to our routine before we did some errands. It was a nice venture. I’ve only seen Long-tailed Ducks a few times — they are relatively uncommon here – but we found this pair resting in the rain, probably after a long night flight. It was a nice treat and I’m sure they’re…
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Some April Arrivals
This is a nice time to bird in Vermont as migration continues and almost every day, you can see new arrivals. Here are a few from this week. Most Tuesdays, Ginger goes to a dog play group. Knowing that Eastern Bluebirds nest on the property, I brought my camera and sure enough. The following day, I went up to the local airport looking for American Kestrels spotted this bird flying along the…
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