Early this morning I went to Ellanor Lawrence Park to look for more new birds. The place was very busy with birds flying all around. So many of them I’ve photographed already this year but I was able to capture 4 new birds to add to the list. I’m now up to 39 birds for 2014. The new birds are:
#36 Chipping Sparrow
#37 House Wren
#38 Eastern Towhee
#39 Eastern Bluebird
Today I took advantage of being on spring break to go bird watching. I went to Huntley Meadows Park to find some new birds. I was very lucky today and captured 8 new birds on camera. A few were completely new while others I’ve photographed in previous years. The new birds are:
#28 Tree Swallow
#29 Ruby-crowned Kinglet
#30 Common Yellowthroat
#31 Green Heron
#32 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
#33 Red-winged Blackbird
#34 Hairy Woodpecker
#35 American Coot
This morning I took another walk along the Glover Archbold Trail in DC. I was SO excited to photograph two new birds. I’m now up to 27 for 2014. I know as it gets warmer I’ll be adding more and more birds as I am able to get out more and look for new birds.
#27 Northern Flicker
#26 Eastern Phobe
With a new year comes a new bird count. I start over each year counting the birds I photographed each year. In 2012 I photographed 33 birds. In 2013 I photographed 59 birds. I hope this year I photograph many more new birds. I started out yesterday with a hike with Warren and I saw a good handful of birds but only got three decent photos of birds. So the count begins.
Bird #1 American Robin
Bird #2 Red Bellied Woodpecker
Bird #3 Carolina Chickadee
Today we had our first measurable snow in the last few years. We got about 2 inches of snow. I took a picture from my balcony in the middle of the storm. I also saw a house finch visiting the bird feeder. I’m glad I had the day off!
