July 2
The spectacular Red-headed Woodpecker. It's been a banner year for us with these guys such that I started hoping we'd eventually see kids (*below).
House Wren, for the record. Mostly they stay on the west side where their house is.
July 22 update: after Bluebird clutch #2 fledged, the wrens are persistently trying to move in. I made a little video of their work with sticks, soon to be posted perhaps.
One of the local bunnies. I am wondering if they eat poison ivy. That would redeem them from (suspicion of) eating my baby milkweed!
July 4. Great-crested Flycatcher? Overexposed, sorry.
Our book has 3 similar that it says are best identified on the basis of song/call.
Downy and Bee Balm.
Tiny Toad in Gravel Pile.
July 22 - I must have walked right by this little runaway on my way to the mailbox. On return I spotted it and immediately went for the camera. It had remained in the same spot keeping quite still. I snapped some photos then wondered if it was hungry. Went for some worms, still there but quite unresponsive, even when I touched its beak with a worm. Maybe a minute later it decided I was bad news and ran off cheeping.
The spectacular Red-headed Woodpecker. It's been a banner year for us with these guys such that I started hoping we'd eventually see kids (*below).
July 22 update: after Bluebird clutch #2 fledged, the wrens are persistently trying to move in. I made a little video of their work with sticks, soon to be posted perhaps.
Our book has 3 similar that it says are best identified on the basis of song/call.
Tiny Toad in Gravel Pile.
July 22 - I must have walked right by this little runaway on my way to the mailbox. On return I spotted it and immediately went for the camera. It had remained in the same spot keeping quite still. I snapped some photos then wondered if it was hungry. Went for some worms, still there but quite unresponsive, even when I touched its beak with a worm. Maybe a minute later it decided I was bad news and ran off cheeping.
Just about that time I became aware of this unit, acting parental and confirming ID: Brown Thrasher. And no, it's not missing a leg, I just caught it mid-step!
What nicely folded wings!
*As I'd hoped, a young Red-headed Woodpecker appears.
A short video sequence of it talking.
(July 29) Comparing wing feathers to those of the adult (July 22):
Wet male Towhee with some kind of feather disarray?
More wet disarray. This may be one I was observing that struck me as being young.
It seemed lacking in that brash Blue Jay attitude.
July 28: Purple Finch and American Goldfinch, both males.
A short video sequence of it talking.
It seemed lacking in that brash Blue Jay attitude.
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