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I spotted our smallest woodpecker dining on seeds from reeds and cattails. They supplement their insect diet with seeds, especially as it gets colder. They look cute until they start banging on your house! They can and will dig into the wood.

Our summer residents have mostly headed south and transitory migrants have largely moved on as well. Now we wait for winter residents to move in from northern New England, Canada and the Arctic. These include ocean dwellers such as sea ducks like this White-winged Scoter, as well as Mergansers, grebes, alcids and loons that takeContinue reading “Snapshot: White-winged Scoter”

Yellow-billed Cuckoos are typically found in dense foliage where they try to be inconspicuous while hunting for caterpillars and other insect prey. This Cuckoo was briefly spotted in the open. I managed to get some photos of it capturing a large Praying Mantis among tall reeds and grass. Most of the pictures have a lotContinue reading “Yellow-billed Cuckoo”

This bird is well named.

Small shorebirds can be difficult to distinguish but all you need to see is the Dunlin’s long, and a bit droopy, bill to identify them.

On the lookout for a tasty bug.

Male Mallards have shed their dull post-breeding plumage and have returned to their more familiar colorful look as fall and a new breeding season approach.

A Blue Jay flew through the scene as I was photographing a Northern Flicker perched on a fence.

A Least Tern has spotted a fish.

This is a female Belted Kingfisher chattering away with its distinctive Kingfisher rattling call. The loud call and ragged crest give the impression of an angry bird!