After waiting twenty minutes for some action on the far bog, this white-breasted nuthatch showed up. After checking out this old, dead tree, he found some food as I prayed for him to get out of the shadows.
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Hummingbird visit
Watching
While walking past a quiet overgrown meadow this morning, I felt like someone was watching me.
Sunset after the storm
The setting setting sun appeared after the thunderstorms and highlighted the steam rising from the lower pasture.
Mom brings dinner
Our friends in Maryland have maintained a birdhouse for bluebirds for years. Apparently if one doesn’t keep the birdhouse clean, the bluebirds stay away and field sparrows take up residence.
Downstream on Deer Creek
From Deer Creek in Pylesville MD on a Saturday morning.
Cardinal at the old mill
A lady cardinal visits the bird feeders at the Eden Mill Nature Center (Pylesville MD)
Early lily pads
The lily pads at the Smithfield Plantation bog are just starting to blossom.
Bog visitor
Another local inhabitant cruises the bog for food. This is probably a savannah sparrow but I am still researching. His distinctive belly color pattern should help me narrow it down.
Blackbird in the bog
I had a very productive weekend. We ended up capturing a pleasing variety of birds. Here we found a red-wing blackbird at the Smithfield Plantation bog. Every year they endlessly survey this swampland for food.
