Brown Thrasher
Ditto
Male Great-tailed Grackle and Fledgling
Great-tailed Grackle Fledgling
Green Heron Adult
Eastern Phoebe
American Robin
Barn Swallow
Red-winged Blackbird
First Half June 2018
There has been a great deal of activity this year, not that there was appreciably less last year, BUT there were less birds. Every year, though, some species tend to outweigh others, and this year is no different.
Some species arrived a little earlier, set up at nesting sites, but didn't begin nesting until the usual time. Other species began nesting right away and lost clutches due to a spring cold snap, but the important thing is that they tried again.
With our earth heating up as it is, it is going to be trial and error, especially when it comes to birds that has a relationship with water, namely shores and beaches, as their food supply is drifting northeast where it is cooler.
This is a small sample of breeding birds and fledglings, as well as nesting birds that are doing their jobs as best they can in a somewhat trying time were they must make adjustments for extra heat and food sources.
All the birds shown are generalist species, not specialists, who will have a more difficult time. Will they survive as time marches on? We'll see, and if they do--like the Greater and Lesser Prairie Chickens and other prairie specialties, they will have to make adjustments, which they are not used to doing.
Like you, I certainly hope that they can.
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