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!
