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Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
(juvenile, eating a grape) |
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| Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus |
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| Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis |
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| White-tailed Deer Odocoileus virginianus |
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| Northern Pearly-eye Enodia anthedon |
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| Northern Pearly-eye Enodia anthedon |
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| Millipede sp. |
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| Common Garter Snake Thamnophis sirtalis |
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| Lovely bit of productive forest edge habitat |
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| Stuff(ed) |
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| Sturgeon moon |
Went for a sunny (weather has cooled and cleared lately after weeks of heat and wild fire haze), lazy bimble around the mountain with the Scottsman yesterday, and encountered 32 bird species. The old orchard forest edge area had the feel of a nursery, with young birds of several species mingling down low under the watchful eyes of numerous adult birds perched in treetops (notably Chipping Sparrow, Song Sparrow, Eastern Kingbird, Eastern Bluebird, Eastern Phoebe, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, and Rose-breasted Grosbeak).
Also notable were a Tufted Titmouse (heard), and at least a dozen Cedar Waxwings moving around restlessly.
A Northern Pearly-eye landed on Scott’s head at the end of the walk.
From the Kaufman field guide: Locally common near rocky creeks and clearings in deciduous woods. Pearly-eyes fly fast in the shadows, perch on tree trunks. They visit mud, sap, even carrion, but not flowers.
P.S. Shut up, knees.
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