Sunday, July 7, 2024

‘Quiet Place’ in NDG, July 7, 2024

Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura

Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
(juvenile)

American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
(juvenile)

The rare NDG Treehog

Woodchuck/Groundhog/Siffleur Marmota monax

Black Swallowtail Papilio polyxenes

European Common Blue Polyommatus icarus





  Seventeen species in 90 minutes, in the leafy land of spider-webs-in-your-mouth.

  Loads of young birds were out and about, monitored by watchful adults – notably Chipping and Song Sparrows, American Crows, White-breasted Nuthatches, Black-capped Chickadees, and American Robins.

  Still a lone Eastern Phoebe hanging around in the area of a failed nest.

  I was surprised to see a Groundhog chilling in a tree, but then again, they’re basically big lumpy squirrels, so why not?

No comments:

Post a Comment