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.