Cedar Waxwings Drinking
It is getting warm out there! As we move towards summer you will find more and more birds trying to stop for a drink or a bath in a puddle or rain pool near you. If you have a yard that you can provide fresh and clean (and clean cannot be emphasized enough) water then you will find a lot more visitors stopping by, including some you didn’t expect. A flock of Cedar Waxwings (Bombycilla cedrorum), like these birds enjoying rainwater, might be an unusual sight from the window of your home when they come over for a drink. If you can offer water year-round from a well-maintained and heated...
Read MoreLarge Whorled Pogonia (Isotria verticillata)
Well, it only took Twan three years and several trips to find this beauty flowering, but last week it all paid off: meet the Large Whorled Pogonia (Isotria verticillata), one of the strangest-looking of our native orchids!
Read MoreNorthern Cardinal
As we often focus on our gorgeous neotropical migrant visitors we can neglect the residents that are still looking wonderful at this time of year. This male Northern Cardinal is looking great against the green!
Read MoreOn the Fence?
Are you on the fence about going outside today? Fly off the couch and see how many feathered friends you can make instead. It’s spring!
Read MoreCommon Tern
Here is a Common Tern (Sterna hirundo) photographed recently while resting on a rock at Hammonasset Beach State Park in Madison, Connecticut. Memorial Day weekend is one of the busiest times of the year for us in the Audubon Alliance for Coastal Waterbirds as it marks the unofficial beginning of the summer beach season. This is a critical time for our beach nesting birds with Piping Plovers and American Oystercatchers having both hatchlings and nests throughout the state while the Least and Common Terns begin to create colonies and lay eggs as well. It seems 2016 will be a mostly warmer than...
Read MoreBaltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula) Portrait
I’ve seen a lot of tropical birds, in many tropical colors, but the Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula) with its beautiful orange plumage is one of the most stunning. Sean Graesser RTPI Affiliate
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