Red-breasted Nuthatch – Sitta canadensis Also know as my little buddy. The Red-breasted Nuthatch is my favorite bird. We have a pair wintering here at home, and along with the Chickadees, hang around the feeders when I fill them. I took the following photo this morning, the day after a huge nor’easter raked the state of [...]
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Northern Mockingbird – Mimus polyglottos It took a trip to Pennsylvania over the Thanksgiving holiday to finally get a photo of a Northern Mockingbird. In the years that we have lived here in Bath, we have seen only one Mockingbird on our property. There are plenty of these birds in the southern part of Maine, [...]
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This juvenile male Ruby-throated Hummingbird was having a tough time perching on a flower basket hook. He would not give up, trying for a good 2 or 3 minutes to get a good grip. The Hummingbird would take an occasional break to drink nectar from the fuchsia that was hanging from the hook. Finally, the [...]
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She’s a beauty, isn’t she? I love her funky tri-colored beak.
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While hiding in the shadows of our home trying to get a photograph of a Ruby-throated Hummingbird, I was surprised when this beautiful male Northern Cardinal landed about ten feet from where I stood. My camera was at my side, and not wanting to spook the bird, I slowly raised my rig. I silently prayed that [...]
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Egg on my face! Thanks to Ed Hess for the correction on this species. This is an EASTERN KINGBIRD. I am not one who tries to get flight shots of such a tiny bird as the tree Swallow. They are fast and hard to get focused. All this said, I was in the backyard a [...]
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Did you ever hear of the old saying, “We were so far back in the woods, they had to pipe in sunlight?” That’s about how far we traveled to add another bird to our life list, the Gray Jay. This bird has eluded us for so long and it was almost by chance that we [...]
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