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| Summer Inhabitants at the Marsh *** The American Egrets are the daintiest of birds, forever offering a balletic view of the avian world. Every picture worth keeping...           We end with a reflecting egret...  ...and a gaggle of geese. *** Some final picturial Splendor    *** And don't forget the herons  |
Monday, August 1, 2011
August 2011: Egrets Abound
Sunday, July 3, 2011
July 2011: Herons aplenty
Taking Flight
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The Great Blue Herons, stately and elegant in their own way, are not without an occasional element of weirdness. I have seen the tiniest of birds chase a fully grown heron, at least one hundred times the size of the tiny pursuer. But the threatening stance of the stately wader about to strike is something to behold.
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The Marsh (Sawkill Rd: Reservoir #1)
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| Great Blue Herons |
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| - Posing - |
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| - Painting a scene- |
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| Reflecting |
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| Contemplating
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| A departure *** |
A few other July birds of note
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| My resident red-shouldered hawk |
 My Tenant Bluebird  His mama peeking in  Robin (A distinguished neighbor)  Catbird silhouette  Doves in a tree  The occasional green heron ***  |
Monday, June 27, 2011
June 2011 Bird List: Woodstock and Environs
Latest Bird Count
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| Tennesee Warbler |
Bird Listing
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baltimore orioleblackburnian warbler
black-throated blue warbler
blue jay
blue-winged warbler
bluebird
cardinal
carolina wren
cerulean warbler
chickadee
chipping sparrow
cooper's hawk
common murre
cowbird
creeper
crow
downy woodpecker
field sparrow
flicker
fox sparrow
golden crowned kinglet
golden winged warbler
goldfinch
goshawk
hairy woodpecker
house finch
house wren
junco
kingbird
magnolia warbler
mallard duck
marsh hawk
mockingbird
mourning dove
myrtle warbler
olive-backed thrush
ovenbird
parula warbler
phoebe
pine siskin
pileated woodpecker
prairie warbler
purple finch (f)
red-bellied woodpecker
red-breasted nuthatch
red-shouldered hawk
redstart
robin
ruby crowned kinglet
ruby throated hummingbird
yellow-bellied sapsucker
scarlet tanager
song sparrow
tennessee warbler
towhee
tree sparrow
tufted titmouse
turkey Vulture
veery
white-throated sparrow
white-breasted nuthatch
wild turkey
wood thrush
yellow-bellied flycatcher
american egret
american merganser
baldpate
bald eagle
black-bellied plover
black duck
bufflehead
canada goose
catbird
cedar waxwing
cliff swallow
common loon
double-breasted cormorant
grackle
great blue heron
great horned owl
green heron
grey-cheeked thrush
hooded merganser
horned grebe
house sparrow
killdeer
kingfisher
little blue heron
osprey
purple martin
red-tailed hawk
red-winged blackbird
ring-necked duck
seagull
shoveler
snow bunting
solitary sandpiper
spotted sandpiper
starling
tree swallow
white goose
white-crowned sparrow
yellow-throated warbler
total count: 103
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| Wife, Judy, at her post |
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Monday, May 2, 2011
May 2011 (Woodstock, Hurley and W. Hurley locales)
Springtime... promises, promises
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In my own backyard
Prairie warbler - tiny bird, a difficult catch
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At Hurley Swamp, off Rt. 309
The swamp
yellow-throat
A really redwing
Portrait of a catbird
Goldfinch
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At the marsh off Sawkill Rd
A beaver and his tail
And the herons begin their return
Oh, Canada...
Elegant mallard
Immature bald eagle, at a distance, high up in a tree
Sunday, April 3, 2011
April 2011: What's in the wind...
The local marsh in early spring sporting a beaver
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Wading birds (paired) settle on a nearby lake off Rt. 28
Hooded Mergansers
Buffleheads
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Birds on my property
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April 1st, outside my window, simply a sight to behold
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The pileated woodpecker, below, shows up on my property every year - same time, same place
Others follow suit
Carolina wren
Bluebird (annual renter -- and yentah)
Robin, the lawnlubber
Creepy brown creeper, year after year, loves that tree
Cerulean warbler (annual spring visitor) often seen
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The local Marsh
Mergansers accompanied by watchful Canada troops
A leisurely Phoebe at lunch
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