Nearly a year since posting! I've been a bad birding blogger. I haven't been the best birder either. Most of my birding has been in the backyard or on walks with my dogs. I haven't been on a birding outing since my mom died in April. My five siblings and I have devoted Sundays to clearing out our childhood home of 51 years of family history. My mom kept EVERYTHING! Most of my local birding outings occur on Sundays and Tuesdays. I was not free to attend the occasional Saturday outings. So sad.
There's a New Year's walk tomorrow, which I had planned on attending until I learned that my sister (and Yoga teacher) is running her Tuesday morning class. Another conflict.
Here's to a better birding year!
Monday, December 31, 2012
Sunday, January 29, 2012
LBI Birding
I went on a field trip to Barnegat Inlet on Saturday morning (1/28). I nearly missed it. For some reason, I (again) misread/ misremembered the date and thanks only to my husband, I made it.
I saw: common eiders, common loons, red-throated loons (both of which looked very similar and when I asked why I didn't see a red-throat, learned that they are in their winter plummage), double-crested cormorant and another type of cormorant (great?), harlequin ducks, plovers, purple sanderlings, gannetts, common turnstones, a carolina wren, a yellow-bellied woodpecker, and others that I am forgetting b/c I did not write them down.
Then, this morning, I was lucky enough to rise before sunrise and watched the dawn come. As I snapped photos, I happened to note some birds floating on the water. About five or six. From their silhouettes, I venture to guess that they were loons.
I saw: common eiders, common loons, red-throated loons (both of which looked very similar and when I asked why I didn't see a red-throat, learned that they are in their winter plummage), double-crested cormorant and another type of cormorant (great?), harlequin ducks, plovers, purple sanderlings, gannetts, common turnstones, a carolina wren, a yellow-bellied woodpecker, and others that I am forgetting b/c I did not write them down.
Then, this morning, I was lucky enough to rise before sunrise and watched the dawn come. As I snapped photos, I happened to note some birds floating on the water. About five or six. From their silhouettes, I venture to guess that they were loons.
Sunday, January 1, 2012
New Year Bird Walk
Oops! I haven't posted since April! Yikes! Bad birder, Brenda!
It was one year ago when I participated in my first birding outing. What a difference a year makes! Last year, DeKorte Environmental Center was bathed in fog and there was plenty of snow on the ground. This year, temps hit 55 and I shed my coat. The walk was at the Mill Creek Marsh. Plenty of people showed up. I saw a red-tailed hawk, 2 kestrals (or the same one twice), Ruddy ducks, a great blue heron, four red-winged blackbirds, tons of mallards, some teals, a mockingbird and a few sparrows. Didn't take any pix. Just enjoyed the day, the birds and the company.
It was one year ago when I participated in my first birding outing. What a difference a year makes! Last year, DeKorte Environmental Center was bathed in fog and there was plenty of snow on the ground. This year, temps hit 55 and I shed my coat. The walk was at the Mill Creek Marsh. Plenty of people showed up. I saw a red-tailed hawk, 2 kestrals (or the same one twice), Ruddy ducks, a great blue heron, four red-winged blackbirds, tons of mallards, some teals, a mockingbird and a few sparrows. Didn't take any pix. Just enjoyed the day, the birds and the company.
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