The nuthatch usually is found poking around for insects on tree trunks, usually upside down. They will frequent bird feeders in winter, for obvious reasons, but this one we found at the feeder in June. A lazy boy.

This female northern cardinal not only hung around the bird feeder every day, she was a common sight in the yard during our visit to northern Maryland

This one was found in Maryland last month but they are a common north American species.

An osprey stands on one of the few posts in the Bodkin creek estuary that has no nest.

While we were leaving the harbor for our fishing trip, this Caspian tern (we think) managed to grab a small fish as we went by.

Another example of the community of osprey nests lining the Bodkin creek inlet along the west side of Maryland’s Chesapeake Bay.

After spending an afternoon trying to get a decent image of the barn swallows sprinting around the barn and field, I settled on this one perching on the garden fence.

A turkey vulture cruised slowly over the unplanted Maryland field near our friend’s house. An unusual defective feather allowed us to identify the bird on it’s several visits that day.

From the Bodkin Creek channel in Maryland