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A big walk around the marsh produced the goods. I made my way along Brook Furlong Lane just as the shooters were commencing their activities. The sound of gun fire sent all the ducks sheltering from the keen westerly wind back to the Weaver Estuary. A flock of c200 Tufted Duck, 32 common Pochard, 12 […]
Please send in your good wildlife photos (and photos of yourself for the “photos of readers” feature, which is temporarily defunct). We have two contributors today, whose captions are indented. The first comes from reader Patrick May: Here’s a whitetail doe (Odocoileus virginianus) resting in my backyard. There’s an eight-point buck who comes by every now and […]
I started at Rake Lane this morning and a Kingfisher sat on a sluice gate along with a Grey Wagtail wasat welcome by the Hollpool Gutter where it crosses Rake Lane. Hundreds of Pink-footed Goose passed overhead flying south after leaving the Mersey Estuary and on a much smaller scale was a female Stonechat sat […]
I started my walk along Brook Furlong Lane this morning where a long deadpredated Barn Owl lay outside the pony stable. There were several Raven on the pylons and trees along the lane and then a party of Long-tailed Tit were foraging in the bushes. Out on the River Weaver were the usual Tufted Duck, […]
I started this morning watching the sunrise over the Mersey Estuary at Eastham and then I made my way to Ince. The pools held c70 Eurasian Teal, c20 Mallard, c15 Gadwall, 3 Little Grebe (one of which was catching small fish as I walked on to the marsh and again as I made my way […]
Pals of a Feather # 21 Brown Pelicans and Gulls © HJ Ruiz – Avian101
Here’s another shot taken on or near Long Island Sound, in recognition of the Connecticut Audubon Society’s 2019 State of the Birds report. The press release that summarizes the findings may be found here. The full report will be available via PDF on January 1. Here’s the link to my original posting, which explains why […]
Pals of a Feather # 20 Stilt Sandpipers © HJ Ruiz – Avian101
Pictures: Here is a shot of a Broad-tailed Hummer I took a few weeks ago. Setup: I have the RV set up in the State Park, and I am ready to turn in my truck to the body-shop in the morning. Hoping for a speedy return 🤞. Good Evening Folks.
via Hummer — RV John
This is a down period between my 50/50/50 trips which will not resume until I head off to some of the prairie states in September. While not as goal oriented as in previous years, I have been filling in some Washington species not yet seen in 2019 and also chasing some special birds hoping to […]
via Birding and Chasing Here and There…and Ending with an (Un)Common Ringed Plover. — blairbirding
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Notes and photographs of my morning walks at Seagroves Farm Park in Apex, NC.
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