This was such a cool spotting I couldn’t not blog about it! On Tuesday, Oct. 20, during what was at the time a rather uneventful morning of birding along the Pawtuxet River Trail, I spotted a CUCKOO BIRD. A Yellow-billed … Continue reading Yellow-billed Cuckoo
High on the list of favorite birds for many people around here, it’s the Cedar Waxwing: a bird that looks fast even when it’s standing still! These social birds stand apart from many others with their slick-looking coat of feathers, which … Continue reading Cedar Waxwing
Rhode Island has a lot of shoreline – 384 miles of it, to be exact, which is a lot for a state only 48 miles long! – and so it makes sense that it gets a lot of shorebirds. Especially … Continue reading Least Sandpiper
Often heard around wetlands and sources of water in forests (trust me, you’ve heard this before!) the Common Yellowthroat is a stocky little warbler with beautiful markings – when you can catch a glimpse of them! These birds spend much … Continue reading Common Yellowthroat
Like a mischievous forest fairy, this little Eastern Phoebe seemed to give me a beckoning “follow me if you can” look before it darted off into the trees along the Pawtuxet River on May 18. I was lucky to grab the two … Continue reading Eastern Phoebe
With a scientific name that sounds like it comes straight out of a Roman epic (or a Star Wars movie) the Eastern Kingbird – Tyrannus tyrannus – appears in person to be much more unassuming than its Latin moniker implies. … Continue reading Eastern Kingbird
It’s been a busy week so I haven’t had much opportunity to get out bird hunting, but I did grab a few photos yesterday morning of some Baltimore Orioles that have arrived in town early last month. Brightly-colored and with … Continue reading Baltimore Oriole
Surprise – it’s another warbler! Yes folks, these little bug-loving songbirds have taken the northeastern U.S. by storm and if you venture out to nearly any cluster of deciduous trees there’s a good chance that you’ll see – or hear … Continue reading Northern Parula
It’s Bird Day! The first day set aside in the U.S. specifically to honor birds, Bird Day was first celebrated on May 4, 1894 (source). That makes today the 121st annual Bird Day! So what did I do to celebrate? Why, went … Continue reading BirdLog: May 4, 2015 – Bird Day!
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