Our first of the year Ruby-throated Hummingbird arrived at 4:30 p.m. today and visited our window nectar feeder and had itself a long drink. It then landed on a nearby branch and posed for a few pictures. Later, if flew to the crabapple tree near the edge of the cove. This is where a pair nested last [...]
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Chipping Sparrow – Spizella passerina The “Chippers” have returned! Once the American Tree Sparrows leave, it’s not long until the Chipping Sparrow makes a comback here in Maine. Only one year did the Tree Sparrow and Chipping Sparrow share our yard at the same time.
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The Mill Pond on Parker Head is a great place to find Osprey fishing. This morning, I was just a tad too late to photograph the Osprey catching herring. A kind lady, who came out to greet me, said that I should have been there an hour or so earlier. Oh well, you win some, you [...]
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Osprey – Pandion haliaetus I took advantage of crystal clear blue skies Friday morning to photography the nesting activity of a pair of Osprey on the campus of the Southern Maine Community College. The nest is on a man-made platform, just off a pier at the terminus of Fort Road, in Casco Bay. I had [...]
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American Robin – Turdus migratorius This American Robin was singing its heart out Sunday morning. It was also being territorial, chasing other Robins from the area and returning to its “singing perch.” I don’t mind at all that this Robin woke me up early Sunday morning. I’d much rather hear the song of this beautiful bird than the [...]
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Song Sparrow – Melospiza melodia From nearly every prominence on the vegetation that grows in our backyard, a Song Sparrow is singing. The glorious sounds of Spring and the hope that ol’ man Winter doesn’t have any more tricks up his sleeve. Song Sparrows have the greatest number of genetically distinct populations of any bird in [...]
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Long-tailed Duck – Clangula hyemalis Formerly know as the Old Squaw, the Long-tailed Duck is one of my favorites. Their clown-like face is one of the cutest out there in the duck world.
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