Monday, July 25, 2011


Meleagris gallopavo, Wild Turkey, juvenile, photo: Lynn Jones, 2011

Bird list for July 11 to 22, 2011:

Wild Turkey, a large youngster now hanging out with the three males - that's the little guy in Lynn's photo above
Double-crested Cormorant, solitary fly-over
Herring Gull, occasional fly-overs
Killdeer, a family group of three
5. Osprey, a pair - one with a fish

Red-tailed Hawk, our resident pair
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Downy Woodpecker
10. Northern Flicker


Colaptes auratus, Northern Flicker, female. photo: Lynn Jones, 2011

Common Raven, a good sighting by Lynn
American Crow
Blue Jay
Red-eyed Vireo
15. Cedar Waxwing, feeding fledglings now

European Starling
American Robin
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
20. House Wren

Black-capped Chickadee
Barn Swallow
Tree Swallow
Yellow Warbler
25. Northern Cardinal


Mystery bird. photo: Lynn Jones, 2011 - probably #28 on this week's list.

Song Sparrow
American Goldfinch
House Finch
Common Grackle
30. Brown-headed Cowbird
House Sparrow

Thirty one species recorded for a two-week period in the middle of July.

Friday, July 8, 2011

Quiet July


Here are a couple of the Meleagris gang at noontime today, browsing the weedy edges at West Campus, hopefully finding delicious ticks and beetles for lunch. (three male Wild Turkeys)

July really is a dead zone for birders. By which I mean it's more difficult to find birds, by which I mean you have to work a lot harder to find them...
Yeah, we've been pretty busy with projects at work, and just haven't made the time to get out and find the birds.

So here's the cumulative list for the past two weeks, June 27 through today, July 8th:

Wild Turkey
Killdeer
Great Egret
Herring Gull
Ring-billed Gull

Red-tailed Hawk
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker

American Crow
Barn Swallow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Cedar Waxwing
Black-capped Chickadee

Red-eyed Vireo
Warbling Vireo
American Robin
Wood Thrush
Gray Catbird

Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
House Wren
American Goldfinch
House Finch

Yellow Warbler
Northern Cardinal
Song Sparrow
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird

House Sparrow

Looks like thirty-one species for our quiet two weeks.


Canada Thistle flowers, and...

Canada Thistle gone to seed - time for the goldfinches to be nesting!

Hope you're enjoying summer - the wonderful warm days of summer - my bones still hold the memory of the long cold winter now many months distant, so I'm loving these hot humid days!