Category Archives: birds

  “Feed me, Mommy.”  

  It is difficult to capture the passage of small flying birds. Large flying birds are fairly easy for a camera to record, but small ones — ah, there’s the rub.  Below are three picture of two species showing the … Continue reading →

  Saturday began with observations of two aerial dogfights between Ospreys and Bald Eagles. This is the season when Ospreys capture fish and bring them to their nests to feed both mates and chicks. As Ospreys are the better fishers, … Continue reading →

  If merganserling isn’t a word, it should be: the chick of a merganser, as in duckling and gosling. Sources differ as to the number of eggs laid by a Common Merganser, but when it comes to merganserlings that survive … Continue reading →

  Flickers are now tending chicks in their cavity nests. When bringing food to its chicks, a flicker usually does not fly directly to the cavity where the chicks are. Rather it flies to some adjacent point and looks around for … Continue reading →

  Spotting a heron in its nest is not easy. The nests are uncommon, high in a tree, and generally hidden by the rest of the canopy. A chance opening in the foliage sometimes offers a peek. Rick Greene told … Continue reading →

  This is the season of chicks. Wild Turkey adults are large and highly visible; their chicks are small and inconspicuous. Mommy and three of her chicks forage in the grass. While Wild Turkey adults look almost comical, chicks can … Continue reading →