Adventures in Birding

#149-156

Another big weekend in birding! I can't believe how many more species I'm identifying compared to last year!


Thursday I took a long hike in the woods near my house and got a few good birds:

#149, Magnolia Warbler  

Spotted Sandpiper  

and I also heard #150, Worm-eating Warbler and #151, Yellow-billed Cuckoo. I hope I get to see the Y-b Cuckoo this year! I had one in the woods by my house two years ago, and I got to see it almost every time I went for a walk! I didn't see it at all last year, though. I'm hoping it's back for the season again!

Friday morning I took a short walk near home and at the end of my walk, I spotted two Common Ravens   in a tree very close to my house! I had been hearing a Raven for the last two weeks, and seeing two of them like this makes me hope they're building a nest nearby! There's a rock quarry nearby and they apparently like to build nests near those. If they do have young ones, I'll hear them in June!

Saturday I walked around my sister's town to help her with her migratory bird count. We didn't see many warblers, but we did witness two American Crows dive-bombing a juvenile Bald Eagle over the creek! I've seen smaller birds harass raptors, but this was really close to us so we got a good look!

This morning I went to Locust Lake with two other birders to take part in the migratory bird count going on this weekend. We didn't see quite as many species as we had hoped for, but I got a few new ones.

#152, Canada Warbler

#153. Tennessee Warbler

#154. Louisiana Waterthrush   - I finally got one!

#155, Lincoln's Sparrow

#156. Cliff Swallow  



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