Oooops, missed one!

Sialia sialis - Eastern Bluebird

They are everywhere and we have taken many photos of the Bluebirds around the farm. Sometimes you overlook the obvious!

Thus Far ~

1. Guiraca caerulea - Blue Grosbeak
2. Zenaida Asiatica - White Winged Dove
3. Icterus spurius - Orchard Oriole
4. Dendroica dominica - Yellow-Throated Warbler
5. Sitta pusilla - Brown-headed Nuthatch
6. Sitta canadensis - Red-breasted Nuthatch
7. Junco hyemalis - Dark-eyed ("Slate-colored) Junco
8. Lanius ludovicianus - Loggerhead Shrike
9. Buteo lineatus - Red-shouldered Hawk
10. Regulus calendula - Ruby-crown Kinglet
11. Coragyps atratus - Black Vulture
12. Sphyrapius varius - Yellow Bellied Sapsucker
13. Poecile carolinensis - Carolina Chickadee
14. Zonotrichia labicollis - White Throated Sparrow
15. Turdus migratorius - American Robin
16. Geothlypis trichas - Common Yellowthroat (Warbler)
17. Dendroica coronata - Yellow-rumped Warbler
18. Spizella passerina - Chipping Sparrow
19. Sayornis phoebe - Eastern Wood-Pewee
20. Vireo flavifrons - Yellow throated Vireo
21. Melospiza georgiana - Swamp Sparrow
22. Buteo jamaicensis - Red-tailed Hawk
23. Colaptes auratus - Northern Flicker
24. Mycteria americana - Wood Stork
25. Corvus ossifragus - Fish Crow
26. Ceryle alcyon - Belted Kingfisher
27. Buteo platypterus - Broad-winged Hawk
28. Passer domesticus - House Sparrow
29. Ardea alba - Great Egret
30. Hirundo rustica - Barn Swallow
31. Piranga rubra - Summer Tanager
32. Tanager Passerina cyanea - Indigo Bunting
33. Bubo virginianus - Great Horned Owl
34. Passerculus sandwichensis - Savannah Sparrow
35. Lophodytes cucullatus - Hooded Merganser
36. Anhiga anhiga- Anhiga
37. Polioptila caerulea - Blue-Grey Gnatcatcher
38. Boaurus lentigingus - America Bittern
39. Phalacrocorax auritus - Double Crested Cormorant
40. Callipepla squamam - Northern Bobwhite
41. Bubulcus ibis - Cattle Egret
42. Euphagus carolinus - Rusty Blackbird
43. Passer domesticus - House Sparrow
44. Carpodacus purpureus - Purple Finch
45. Aix sponsa - Wood Duck
46. Beaolophus (Parus) bicolor - Tuffted Titmouse
47. Plegadis ajaja - White Ibis
48. Egretta caerulea - Little Blue Heron
49. Ardea herodias - Great Blue Heron
50. Streptopelia decaocto - Eurasian Collared-dove
51. Melanerpes erythrocephalus - Red-headed Woodpecker
52. Pipilo erythrophthalmus - Eastern (Rufous-sided) Towhee
53. Empidonax flaviventris - Yellow-bellied Flycatcher \
54. Anas platyrhynchos - Mallard Duck
55. Mimus polyglottos - Northern Mockingbird
56. Toxostoma rufum - Brown Thrasher
57. Picoides Pubescens - Downy Woodpecker
58. Cathartes aura - Turkey Vulture
59. Coragyps atratus - Black Vulture
60. Agelaius phoeniceus - Red-winged Blackbird
61. Meleagris gallopavo -Eastern Wild Turkey
62. Dryocopus pileatus - Pileated Woodpecker
63. Molothrus ater - Brown-headed Cowbird
64. Cyanocitta cristata - Blue Jay
65. Zenaida macroura - Mourning Dove
66. Tyrannus tyrannus - Eastern Kingbird
67. Corvus brachyrhynchos - American Crow
68. Archilochus colubris - Ruby-throated Hummingbird
69. Cardinalis cardinalis - Northern Cardinal
70. Branta canadensis - Canada Goose
71. Charadrius vociferus - Killdeer
72. Progne subis - Purple Martin
73. Sialia sialis - Eastern Bluebird

Monday, May 12

Guiraca caerulea - Male and Female Blue Grosbeak

indentified but not photographed:

Zenaida Asiatica - White Winged Dove

Thursday, April 19

Icterus spurius - Orchard Oriole

Saturday, March 29

Dendroica dominica - Yellow-Throated Warbler

Tuesday, February 26

Sitta pusilla - Brown-headed Nuthatch

Wednesday, February 20

Sitta canadensis - Red-breasted Nuthatch

Female and Male

The male checking out a hole in the old pine tree...

Tuesday, February 19

Junco hyemalis - Dark-eyed ("Slate-colored) Junco

The Junco 'sharing' with a Chipping Sparrow!!! Awwwwwwww!

Wednesday, February 6, 2008

Lanius ludovicianus - Loggerhead Shrike

Tuesday, January 15

Buteo lineatus - Red-shouldered Hawk

Regulus calendula - Ruby-crown Kinglet

Friday, January 4

Coragyps atratus - Black Vulture

Friday, December 21

Sphyrapius varius - Yellow Bellied Sapsucker

Thursday, December 20

Poecile carolinensis - Carolina Chickadee

Wednesday, December 19

Zonotrichia labicollis - White Throated Sparrow

Thus far

1. Turdus migratorius - American Robin
2. Geothlypis trichas - Common Yellowthroat (Warbler)
3. Dendroica coronata - Yellow-rumped Warbler
4. Spizella passerina - Chipping Sparrow
5. Sayornis phoebe - Eastern Wood-Pewee
6. Vireo flavifrons - Yellow throated Vireo
7. Melospiza georgiana - Swamp Sparrow
8. Buteo jamaicensis - Red-tailed Hawk
9. Colaptes auratus - Northern Flicker
10. Mycteria americana - Wood Stork
11. Corvus ossifragus - Fish Crow
12. Ceryle alcyon - Belted Kingfisher
13. Buteo platypterus - Broad-winged Hawk
14. Passer domesticus - House Sparrow
15. Ardea alba - Great Egret
16. Hirundo rustica - Barn Swallow
17. Piranga rubra - Summer Tanager
18. Tanager Passerina cyanea - Indigo Bunting
19. Bubo virginianus - Great Horned Owl
20. Passerculus sandwichensis - Savannah Sparrow
21. Lophodytes cucullatus - Hooded Merganser
22. Anhiga anhiga- Anhiga
23. Polioptila caerulea - Blue-Grey Gnatcatcher
24. Boaurus lentigingus - America Bittern
25. Phalacrocorax auritus - Double Crested Cormorant
26. Callipepla squamam - Northern Bobwhite
27. Bubulcus ibis - Cattle Egret
28. Euphagus carolinus - Rusty Blackbird
29. Passer domesticus - House Sparrow
30. Carpodacus purpureus - Purple Finch
31. Aix sponsa - Wood Duck
32. Beaolophus (Parus) bicolor - Tuffted Titmouse
33. Plegadis ajaja - White Ibis
34. Egretta caerulea - Little Blue Heron
35. Ardea herodias - Great Blue Heron
36. Streptopelia decaocto - Eurasian Collared-dove
37. Melanerpes erythrocephalus - Red-headed Woodpecker
38. Pipilo erythrophthalmus - Eastern (Rufous-sided) Towhee
39. Empidonax flaviventris - Yellow-bellied Flycatcher \
40. Anas platyrhynchos - Mallard Duck
41. Mimus polyglottos - Northern Mockingbird
42. Toxostoma rufum - Brown Thrasher
43. Picoides Pubescens - Downy Woodpecker
44. Cathartes aura - Turkey Vulture
45. Coragyps atratus - Black Vulture
46. Agelaius phoeniceus - Red-winged Blackbird
47. Meleagris gallopavo -Eastern Wild Turkey
48. Dryocopus pileatus - Pileated Woodpecker
49. Molothrus ater - Brown-headed Cowbird
50. Cyanocitta cristata - Blue Jay
51. Zenaida macroura - Mourning Dove
52. Tyrannus tyrannus - Eastern Kingbird
53. Corvus brachyrhynchos - American Crow
54. Archilochus colubris - Ruby-throated Hummingbird
55. Cardinalis cardinalis - Northern Cardinal
56. Branta canadensis - Canada Goose
57. Charadrius vociferus - Killdeer
58. Progne subis - Purple Martin

Thursday, December 6

Turdus migratorius - American Robin

Geothlypis trichas - Common Yellowthroat (Warbler)

Tuesday, December 4

Dendroica coronata - Yellow-rumped Warbler

special thanks to Peregrinator from the BirdForum in helping to identify this Little Guy

Monday, December 3

Spizella passerina - Chipping Sparrow

Sayornis phoebe - Eastern Wood-Pewee

Vireo flavifrons - Yellow throated Vireo

Tuesday, November 27

Melospiza georgiana - Swamp Sparrow

Sunday, October 21

While we were sitting on the back deck yesterday, something flew over and Sarah got a glimpse of the high soaring bird between the roof lines of the breezeway.

"That's a buzzard, isn't it?" I said.

"No, it's the wrong color!!!" Sarah replied.

I ran for the camera and extended the zoom to the full 300mm. He politely landed in one of the bare trees on the Lane and posed for his picture to be taken.

Buteo jamaicensis - Red-tailed Hawk

Thursday, October 11

Colaptes auratus - Northern Flicker

A breeding pair?

Titbits of Wood Stork facts:

Because of their specialized feeding behavior, wood storks forage most effectively in shallow-water areas with highly concentrated prey.

Wood storks use a variety of freshwater and estuarine wetlands for breeding, feeding, and roosting. Nests must be located in trees in standing water or on islands surrounded by water. Height of nests above the water ranges from 3-7 feet in small trees to over 66 feet in cypress trees.

During the nonbreeding season or while foraging, wood storks occur in a wide variety of wetland habitats. Typical foraging sites for the wood stork include freshwater marshes and stock ponds, shallow, seasonally flooded roadside or agricultural ditches, narrow tidal creeks or shallow tidal pools, managed impoundments, and depressions in cypress heads and swamp sloughs.

'Bout Time

It's been weeks months since we been able to add another bird to our list!

We had seen him a couple times before. He was always in flight away from us or too far away to get a good photo. However yesterday evening, he stayed perched on a remains of a old pine tree - allowing us to take several pictures. He remained contently on his post as we departed the Beaver Pond.

Mycteria americana - Wood Stork

Wood Storks have been on the Endangered Species List since 1984. In the early 1900's, there were more than 60,000 of these birds in the U.S. But habitat destruction, development, and pollution caused their population to dwindle to only 4,500 breeding pairs in the 1980's. Wood Storks are stabilizing and now have between 5,000 and 7,000 breeding pairs. The health and existence of the wood stork is a good way for us to measure the health of the wetlands where they live.

Dog Days

The time between the early of July and the middle of August is known as Dog Days.

South Georgian lore tells that song birds are mostly quiet during these hot and humid days. Many a trip to the Beaver Pond and around the trails in the woods yield nothing picture worthy.

We are waiting for the cooler temperatures and the return of the winter birds to the region.

Wednesday, July 11

Ceryle alcyon - Belted Kingfisher

Corvus ossifragus - Fish Crow

"I keep waiting to see a Hawk!"

Since we have been keeping our bird blog we have been wanting and waiting to see a HAWK...

On June 24, I saw a hawk perched on the pinacle of the old Helena Hotel - no camera.

On June 27, we saw a hawk on the top of a power pole outside Chas Mar - no camera.

Sarah had a doctor's appointment in Macon today. We stopped at Wal*Mart on the way back home to pick up some groceries. Sarah spotted it. Less than 20 feet from where we parked.

This is not the way we wanted to see a Hawk...

Buteo platypterus - Broad-winged Hawk immature

He got it in the end!

Deer

There were two deer near the planted pines as Sarah walked toward the Beaver Pond this morning...

Sunday, June 3

Passer domesticus - House Sparrow

While eating lunch after church today, we saw the Sparrows playing and picking up scraps of food. We took the camera with us this afternoon and after evening services we captured these little guys.

Saturday, June 2

While walking in the rains of Tropical Storm Berry:

Ardea alba - Great Egret

and under the carport and down at the pond:


Hirundo rustica - Barn Swallow

Wednesday, May 30

Piranga rubra - Summer Tanager
Passerina cyanea - Indigo Bunting

The fog was thick as pea soup this morning, with the moisture was condensing on the leaves and the pine needles. The birds were enjoying the cool morning and bathing in the dew.

And this Red Wing Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) was really showing his epaulets.

Monday, May 28

Bubo virginianus - Great Horned Owl

And we didn't have the camera! :(