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Monthly Archives: July 2022

Great Egrets

I watched some Great Egrets hunting for small fish and caught some of the action with my camera. Great Egrets, like herons, stand still or move very slowly as they wait for their prey to get close enough to snatch with a quick thrust of their head. This Egret prowled the edge of a tidalContinue reading “Great Egrets”

Posted bybirdsinmyviewfinderJuly 30, 2022Posted inUncategorized1 Comment on Great Egrets

Feathered Vagrant

We think of a vagrant as someone, who by circumstance or choice, is a wanderer who often lives by begging. A vagrant bird is one who is found outside its normal wintering or breeding areas. Scientists aren’t certain about why some individual birds wander so far afield. It may be a storm system that drivesContinue reading “Feathered Vagrant”

Posted bybirdsinmyviewfinderJuly 23, 2022Posted inUncategorized4 Comments on Feathered Vagrant

Pileated Woodpecker

The Pileated Woodpecker is the largest woodpecker in North America. It’s about the size of a Crow and measures up to 19 in. (49 cm) long with a wingspan up to 29.5 in. (75 cm). They are forest birds that like older forests with large dead trees and fallen wood where they can find theirContinue reading “Pileated Woodpecker”

Posted bybirdsinmyviewfinderJuly 19, 2022Posted inUncategorized1 Comment on Pileated Woodpecker

Fast Food ala Tern

This is a follow up to my previous post with photos of Terns diving for fish. I came across an interesting sequence while culling and sorting a large number of photographs from that same morning. I use my camera’s burst mode since I am usually photographing active birds. These six photos cover a span ofContinue reading “Fast Food ala Tern”

Posted bybirdsinmyviewfinderJuly 15, 2022Posted inUncategorized4 Comments on Fast Food ala Tern

Terns

There are two Terns that breed along the Massachusetts in coast large numbers, the Common Tern and the Least Tern. We do see other species, but they are uncommon. I happened to be on the shore of Plum Island Sound when a large group of Terns were feeding right near the shore. The Least TernsContinue reading “Terns”

Posted bybirdsinmyviewfinderJuly 14, 2022Posted inUncategorized3 Comments on Terns

Piping Plover

The Piping Plover is a endangered species that breeds along the Atlantic Coast from North Carolina into the Canadian Maritimes, as well as in the upper Great Plains into Canada and the southern shore of Lake Superior. Their primary wintering sites are along the southern Atlantic and Gulf Coasts. There are breeding colonies on PlumContinue reading “Piping Plover”

Posted bybirdsinmyviewfinderJuly 10, 2022Posted inUncategorized3 Comments on Piping Plover

There’s Always Something

This is the time of year when birds are quieter and more, shall I say, discrete? It’s nesting time, territories are established and chicks are being hatched or fledged. Birds seem to be a little more secretive as a result. I will see far less birds in an hour in the field than I didContinue reading “There’s Always Something”

Posted bybirdsinmyviewfinderJuly 7, 2022Posted inUncategorized1 Comment on There’s Always Something

Eastern Bluebird

My last post was about the Indigo Bunting. This post is about another bird of the blue persuasion, the Eastern Bluebird. This common bird is not a threatened species at the moment but the numbers are declining due to habitat loss, pesticide use and competition from other species like Starlings. The use of nesting boxesContinue reading “Eastern Bluebird”

Posted bybirdsinmyviewfinderJuly 5, 2022Posted inUncategorized4 Comments on Eastern Bluebird

Indigo Bunting

Indigo Buntings are sparrow sized birds that breed all over the eastern US and into parts of Colorado, Nevada, Arizona and New Mexico. They migrate to Central America and the Caribbean for the winter months. Their preferred habitat is weedy, brushy fields near wooded areas. I took these photos in just such an environment. MaleContinue reading “Indigo Bunting”

Posted bybirdsinmyviewfinderJuly 2, 2022Posted inUncategorized4 Comments on Indigo Bunting
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