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American Woodcock
American Woodcock Originally uploaded by woodcreeper. With the rise in evening temperature over the last two weeks, the Woodcocks have made their presence known. A very secretive and well camouflaged resident and migrant of New Jersey, the American Woodcock blends in easily with the under-story and can go unnoticed save for its explosive flight from […]
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This morning, in the yard
Sitting in the guest room, peering out the window, drinking my coffee: Hutcheson Memorial Forest Caretaker House – Amwell Rd – Somerset, NJ Mourning Dove Downy Woodpecker Blue Jay Black-capped Chickadee Tufted Titmouse White-breasted Nuthatch Fox Sparrow – 1 Song Sparrow White-throated Sparrow Northern Cardinal Red-winged Blackbird – 2 Common Grackle House Finch
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“Shrimpy” the Kelp Gull continues
Click the images to enlarge Sandra Keller recently posted her trip report to see the Kelp Gull in MD. Here are some photographs that she took of the bird. The leftmost image is of a Great Black-backed Gull for comparison. The original text from her post can be found here.
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Dickcissel in Hillsborough, NJ
Bob Devlin recently posted a sighting of a Dickcissel to the JerseyBirds listserve. Here are some photographs that he took of the bird at his feeders: Click the images to enlarge. You can find the text from Bob’s original post Here.
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Day trip to NYC
Boreal Owl: Central Park Originally uploaded by woodcreeper. What an awesome day! Inga and I “did” NYC yesterday complete with ice skating at Rockefeller Center, a stroll through Central Park (where we saw this wonderful Boreal Owl!), the Statue of Liberty at sunset, dinner and a show (a little off-beat theater show, that is). It […]