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10/15/16
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Brown Creeper Doing its spiral up the tree, lit on the side by sunlight, before starting again at the base of another tree. |
Brown Creeper Sometimes it is just straight up for a segment before doing the wrap-around. |
Red-eyed Vireo Lurking in the thick leaves of an Ash Tree as it hunts bugs. |
Swamp Sparrow Rich brown colors and a tendency to hide in the low grass and bushes. |
White-crowned Sparrow Large, with a distinctive black and white striped crown, it forages in short grass and gravel. |
White-crowned Sparrow Interesting smudge patterns on the back of its crown and neck. Fat pin stripes. |
White-throated Sparrow White throat, patches of yellow behind the bill, and a definite need to hide in bushes. |
White-throated Sparrow But sometimes in moving from one hiding place to another it pauses out in the open for a good look. |
Black-capped Chickadee Working on a tiny piece of food snared from a bird feeder below. |
Chipping Sparrow Though everyone chips, this one has a very distinctive sound, yet it's often silent. |
Eastern Bluebird Off on its own, just born this year, maybe wondering what the urge to go south is. |
Eastern Phoebee Though at a quick glance, it may seem nondescript, it has subtle colors with a light yellow on its breast, unlike the monotonous squawk of its song. |
Great Blue Heron Powering its way across Stricker's Pond in the dim light before sunrise. |
Gray Catbird For a shy bird, they talk a lot, and in great variety. Always elegant in shades of gray. |
Gray Catbird Thinking about the Dogwood berries, while its rusty brown rump peaks through other feathers. |
Lincoln's Sparrow Small and usually hidden behind twigs and grass when it thinks it's being watched. |
Lincoln's Sparrow Prairie grass glowing behind, sumac in front, it shows off its distinctly patterned vest. |
Northern Cardinal In the process of mashing a berry in its powerful bill. |
Ring-billed Gull With a silent, floating flight, they often sneak past unseen unless they happen to call. |
Ruby-crowned Kinglet Even smaller than a wren, they sometimes burst out in a melodious quick song as cute as they look. |
Ruby-crowned Kinglet Very flitty, it tilts its head briefly to show off its ruby namesake before flitting off and away. |
Red-tailed Hawk Perched briefly, hoping for a stray rabbit below, and soon off as none were careless at the moment. |
Sedge Wren A chatter and partial song as it does its constant hide and peek with everything. |
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker A bit of red showing on its crown as it calls and works on a tree before trying another. |
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