Adventures in Birding

#100-102

I've had some great birding in the last few days! Yesterday I saw a glimpse of #100, Brown Thrasher. They're quite common in Spring and Summer. In Spring, they sit at the tops of trees and sing and sing and sing. They repeat phrases twice and run through a whole bunch of repeated songs.

I also saw my first Common Loon   in my county yesterday, too. There were actually two at the lake and I was surprised they weren't skittish at all!

Today I went to Landingville again. First thing, I spotted two Immature Bald Eagles  , then #101, American Coot and then a few #102, Blue-Gray Gnatcatchers  . They sound like the bats from Scooby-Doo! They also have a dark eyebrow that can make them look rather funny depending on the angle



Also of note:

Pied-billed Grebes  

Green-winged Teals  

Pine Warblers  

Rusty Blackbird  

Carolina Wren  

Palm Warblers  

American Coot  


I also accidentally discovered a Canada Goose nest! I was watching warblers and a noise caught my attention. I looked up and saw a goose a few feet away from me! She stood up and I saw the nest (with eggs) underneath her. I quickly backed up and she sat back down after grumbling a little. I've heard that geese can get quite mean, but I think she was reluctant to leave the eggs unguarded. The nest was right off the path! It seems like we won't be able to walk around the marsh for about a month or so until the eggs hatch and the goslings leave the nest! (I called the trail managers to let them know. Canada Geese aren't a protected species, but I don't think they'd want anyone hurt by getting too close to the nest!)

It's going to rain the next few days, so I have a feeling I'm going to be watching my bird feeders in my backyard for a bit.