This was the fastest September of all! WHAT? it's hot again? Dang we had this short little fall it lasted about 4 days then humid n hot like Summer again...LOL During that short reprieve I was able to paint that metal chair I found and if you wanna see how I did here is a You Tube of that important event..haha!
The birding has been very slow this month..One new bird in my radius birding patch since the Spotted Sandpiper at the beginning of Sept. So adding 2 is all for this whole month. I'll save that for the end of this post...We have some activity with our regular birds...
wood duck drake
And this is a heavy crop of a Pileated Woodpecker gliding through the air...how aerodynamic is that?
It's been SO dry when I put the sprinkler on an area of the yard the birds came to take showers
This young Northern Parula looked 3 times normal size all fluffed up and getting as much water as possible, it even tried to catch some drops in an open mouth...
The Eastern Bluebird got in on the action as well...
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Today I made my way over to the new park that recently opened up in our county. I have entered it to ebird and made it into a hotspot..So far I'm the only one birding there.
It is a riverside county park, and there is this little creek that empties into the river here...birds are active along the banks of this creek. The only problem is fishermen...and hopefully they will lose interest it's a sloped bank and lots of timber down in this creek...
See what I mean...and it can't be too much fun trying to stand there for a long period and getting your line tangled up so I'm hopeful that they will give up...3 showed up while I was there but they left without fishing! :o)
Today it was kinda of birdy! A few Early Migrants were around fattening up for the trip. I got the worst photos I've gotten in longggg time of a Lifer there today! At least I turned it into one.... a Northern Waterthrush not rare so I doubt it will be reviewed I see the streaking all the way up the throat...and the beak is not big...hope it sticks at first I thought I had a Louisiana but when comparing the two I called it Northern. I had other bad photos of it too and those helped me with my conclusion.
I know fuzzy...
An American Redstart (f) very busy around the mud along the bank...quick as lightening and so acrobatic!
Also had Gray Catbird, Northern Parula, Hairy Woodpecker, and this
warbler sp?
warbler sp?
Pink legs, long stout beak, olive/greenish coloring with darker fine streaks on the lower wing , I think I see an eye ring but not sure and the tail seems long for a Connecticut. Ideas?
This Eastern Wood Pewee was still for a photo...I think this will be a good spot for Warblers, not in my radius tho.
Tons of Pine Warblers are around..and do you know how many warbler females look a lot like Pine Warblers? Way more than you can imagine!
check out this cool V formation, you know Geese are not the only species that use this method of travel insurance...
47 Double Crested Cormorants.
at my hotspot Goodale Park
So I got my 2nd September 5 mile Radius bird complements of an ebird reviewer...I saw what I thought was a Hermit Thrush...I've seen many of them at my Hotspot Goodale Park, and had one already this year in late spring...and I didn't even give it a thought when I put it in as rare figured it arrived early...But the reviewer said "the eye ring looks buffy more like Swainson's Thrush..Fine by me, caChing! #121
October already?? Wow.
PEACE
Every day is a new Adventure.
Hello, you did a great job on the rocking chair. Wonderful birds and sighting. Love the Pileated flight shot. Congrats on the Waterthrush lifer. I always love seeing the Bluebirds, great capture of the wood duck. Wishing you great birding in October. Enjoy your Sunday, wishing you a happy new week!
ReplyDeleteThank you Eileen! I am looking forward to October and really shaking the bushes for migrants!
DeleteNice to have found a new spot. Do you mean that you are literally the only person birding there or the sole reporter to eBird? The waterthrush sure looks like a Northern Waterthrush to me.
ReplyDeleteGood Morning David! I guess I can't know if someone else is birding there actually, but none of the usual ebird listers have made a list! in our county there's only 4 or 5 active bird listers. Have a good week.
DeleteWe have an active birding community where I live, but at a very rough estimate I would say that no more than 5% (even that may be high) report their sightings to eBird.
DeleteI have not seen anyone else there birding, but as I said I have no way of knowing except I haven't seen any around. Like the guy I ran into the other day (he was at a different location) he said he is only birding about 4 yrs, and he uses ebird. And yet it took me several years to want to even try ebird. So yes many active birders are not recording their sightings there.
DeleteSo many beautifully colored birds on this post. I had a hard time picking a favorite. Loved the birds that came to take advantage of your water sprinkler.
ReplyDeleteHi JO! It was a magical moment I got some decent video footage so I hope to put together a video of that.
DeleteYou found a great new spot ... and beautiful birds (new and familiar) . . I wouldn’t think you’d mind being the only birder... so much quieter. As always, I’m so impressed with your pictures and ID skills.
ReplyDeleteHI Sallie, the new spot has a lot of promise with the river right there...the little Twenty Five Mile Creek emptying into it, and the huge mature trees...This land was donated to the county back about 15 yrs ago...it was a really pretty farm at one time.
DeleteCongratulations on the 121. Now we have passes the Autumn Equinox the winter migrants will soon be arriving. I like celebrating the seasonal changes as there always something different to look forward to.......unless its a long period of rain and then with me cabin fever sets in.!!!
ReplyDeleteHi Dave, we sure could use some rain we had NONE in September! Very dry I think it will affect our leaf color as some trees are already dropping the leaves all brown from lack of moisture.
DeleteI'll happily send you some of our rain, it's been going for days! I love the photo of the Woodpecker, a good capture! Hopefully the fisherman will abandon the spot to the wildlife, it looks much better for them than it does fishing line!
ReplyDeleteHi Pam, that is my hope they will not be happy on that slope...
DeleteWe had one rain last night some areas around us had spots of rain during the time we had none...we could hear it and see it a mile away and nothing here, but last evening it poured so that will help us out and now it's cooling off again, thankfully. Have a great week!