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Monday, December 19, 2022
Wednesday, June 1, 2022
060122 Young Bluebirds Make a Big Hit With Everyone
052722 Juvenile Eastern Bluebird
Adult Male Eastern Bluebird
The proud father attending to his three juvenile birds. Two winters ago, there was a freeze that lasted for quite some time that was responsible for the deaths of both bluebirds and Carolina Wrens. The bluebirds have taken it upon themselves to increase their numbers, but the Carolina Wrens are few and far between. There are other nesting wrens in several neighborhood locations.
053122 Juvenile Eastern Bluebird
In a more shaded area, this juvenile bluebird can be seen sporting its spots and its lack of the adult plumage. Isn't it beautiful?
060122 Male Northern Cardinal
This lovely cardinal was actually within the tangled trees and brush of Heron Cove. Who thinks that there could easily be a nest in there? One of the nest locations disappeared, as cleanup efforts were undertaken by the city and some valuable habitat was removed. However, there is still plenty of habitat here and many birds are nesting this this wonderful area, including the Brown Thrasher, Warbling Vireo, Red-winged Blackbird, Mourning Dove, Green Heron, grackles, Eastern Kingbird, and plenty of others.
Monday, May 16, 2022
051622 Excessive Early May Rains, Migrant Travels, and Grand Father of Heron Cove
050622 Greater Yellowlegs
Wilson's Phalaropes Flanked by Lesser Yellowlegs (L) and Greater Yellowlegs (R)
By the way, did you know those gorgeous phalaropes are the females?
051122 Clay-colored Sparrow
Saturday, May 7, 2022
Monday, May 2, 2022
050222 Migratory Action in the Heat of 2022
Warbling Vireo
042722 Clay-colored Sparrow
042922 Lincoln's Sparrow
Green Heron, First of Season
There was also a second one in the area.
042122 Gray Catbird
Every year a pair come to breed.
042022 Snow Goose
At the end of March, this bird who was a juvenile at the time, and in the company of 19-20 Canada Geese remained at Boomer Lake until close to the end of April. It simply disappeared, even though it went everywhere with its Canada Goose entourage. Writer believes that nature finally struck and it reached the time when Zugunruh made it restless. It could easily be in its northern breeding area now doing what comes naturally.
Brown Thrasher
Several thrashers appeared in the area all calling for mates, which was fine for a day or two, but even nest mates will become angered and expect the others to move on, even if they must be forced to do so. This is the male that is left and he has a mate. As a matter of fact, just on May 4, one was seen collecting nesting material.
041522 Yellow-rumped Warbler
We still have a sparse amount of Myrtle Yellow-rumped Warblers that hatched later than the first group, which should be in breeding territory now. As one can observe, this male was in breeding plumage when this photo was taken.