Today I ran some errands. When I was bringing the stuff through the garage I saw this bird on the railing. It’s a Northern Mockingbird. He just sat there and let me take his picture. I used my iPhone so it’s not the best picture but you can see him though.
The rest of the day I spent cleaning an old Apple keyboard. I took that thing apart and cleaned every key. You can see how filthy it was. It took forever but the keyboard is like new now.
2.24 miles indoors today.
Today I walked 2.02 miles at Huntley Meadows Park in Alexandria. I went there to go bird watching. I added 6 birds to my count for the year. I’m up to 8 birds now!
Here are the birds I saw.
#8 Wood Thrush
#7 Tufted Titmouse
#6 Golden-crowned Kinglet
#5 Pileated Woodpecker
#4 Red-bellied Woodpecker
#3 Lincoln’s Sparrow
Happy New Year!
If you’ve been reading my blog for years, you know that I keep a bird count. I photograph, identify and post pictures of the birds I see throughout the year. Last year I only recorded 32 birds. I guess I was busy because in years past I’ve recorded way more than that. Since I’m retired now I hope to go bird watching more often and break my record. I think the most I’ve recorded is 56. I think this year will be the year I break that.
Today I started off with two favorites. It was only 19 degrees outside so I don’t think many birds were out today. Maybe on a warmer day I’ll find more birds.
#1 White-breasted Nuthatch
#2 Carolina Wren
Today I took a bird walk. I walked 2.30 miles along the Glover Archbold Trail. I took my camera and looked for birds. While I didn’t photograph any new birds, I did find this Red Bellied Woodpecker.
I haven’t updated my bird count in a long time but I have still been taking photographs of birds. Here are the ones I’ve taken lately. I’m going to need to get busy if I want to beat last year’s total.
#30 American Goldfinch
#29 Blue-winged Teal (Female)
#28 Barn Swallow
#27 Blue Heron
#26 Wood Thrush
#25 Canada Goose
#24 Carolina Wren
#23 Chipping Sparrow
#22 Eastern Bluebird
#21 Eastern Phoebe
#20 Green Heron
#19 House Finch
#18 Indigo Bunting
#17 Mourning Dove
#16 Nuthatch
#15 Pileated Woodpecker
#14 Red Bellied Woodpecker
#13 Red Winged Blackbird
#12 American Robin
#11 Ruby Throated Hummingbird
#10 Swallow
