I’ve been stalking this House Wren in our front yard for weeks now. He finally gave me a great photo op this morning!
Category: Ferd’s Birds
Dickcissel
This week marks the first time the Dickcissel has ever been spotted in our home county, Forsyth County, North Carolina! Princess Gail and I were lucky enough to still find it this afternoon, several days after the initial spotting, thanks to Craig McCleary of our Audubon group.
Here are some of Gail’s pictures from this afternoon:
A Christmas Red-shouldered Hawk
Merry Christmas! Gail, Eric and I went out for a little birding walk on this cold, crisp and clear Christmas Day. The best bird was this beautiful Red-shouldered Hawk.
Just a touch of frost
While much of the country suffers with below zero weather, I’m grateful that we just have a lovely touch of frost in Winston-Salem this morning. A Dark-eyed Junco, a Tufted Titmouse and a White-throated Sparrow enjoyed breakfast on our frosty feeders! 🙂
OBX – The Outer Banks, NC – Part 2
During our recent trip to the Outer Banks, we spent a day going south from Kill Devil Hills, along the Cape Hatteras National Seashore, to the Hatteras Lighthouse. Our primary destination was the Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge, one of the prime birding spots in the USA. The weather conditions included 12 MPH NE winds with gusts to 30MPH, which virtually eliminated the chance of spotting migrant songbirds, our main goal. But we were more than satisfied with what we did see.
We saw a huge number of Tricolored Herons and White Ibis.
We were fortunate to see this Audubon’s Shearwater.
We had two target birds when we set out on this expedition. We wanted to see our first Black-necked Stilt and American Avocet. We succeeded on both counts!
The Black-necked Stilt:
American Avocet:
After a few hours of enjoyable hikes, views and birding, we proceeded to the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse, the tallest lighthouse in North America.
It was fun climbing to the top!
We lucked out at the top. The high winds had closed the observation tower, but slowed just enough as we got there to allow us out. Here is a view, without hat as it would have blown off!
On the way back, we stopped at the Bodie Island Lighthouse and we lucked out again! Not only did we get to walk outside on the observation tower, we were among the first to see the four-year restoration and the actual lighthouse lens.
It was a great day on the Cape Hatteras National Seashore!
Bye! 🙂
Stay tuned for Part 3 of the OBX – The Outer Banks, NC.
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