Spring Friends

We’ve had a lot of wonderful avian visitors to our yard this spring. Dave set up a new feeding station since we suspect that our old one was knocked down by a bear and it’s been quite a hit. There are also now two bluebird boxes in the field so this year we have an Eastern Bluebird pair! Many of our yearly visitors have returned, including the Chipping Sparrows, Gray Catbird pair, American Robin pair, Rose-breasted Grosbeak pair, a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, a Broad-winged Hawk, and the Red-eyed Vireo. Our Northern Cardinal and Pileated Woodpecker pairs have also been making frequent appearances.

Gray Catbird (Image by Michelle Horowitz)

Gray Catbird (Image by Michelle Horowitz)

Pileated Woodpecker male (Image by David Horowitz)

Pileated Woodpecker male (Image by David Horowitz)

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker breeding male (Image by David Horowitz)

Chipping Sparrow (Image by Michelle Horowitz)

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What kind of birds have been visiting your yard/area this spring? Let me know in the comments!

Late Summer Birding

September is my one of my favorite months for many reasons: the change of summer to fall, birthdays (both for Dave and me), fall migration, getting paid again (teacher life lol). September also happens to be one of the busiest time of the year because of all the back-to-school events. Therefore, I don’t get to go birding much as I wanted to at the beginning of September.

However, the weather has been pretty mild here in New Jersey lately compared to the “indian summer” that we usually get. We’ve had some beautiful weekends/afternoons, so Dave and I have been trying to go birding as much as possible. I have some other posts I want to write/2 upcoming hiking trips, but since I’m exhausted from back-to-school night, I figured I’d share some of our recent late summer birding pictures. Enjoy! 🙂

Rub-throated Hummingbird (Image by David Horowitz)

American Redstart First-year Female (Image by David Horowitz)

Mallard Squad (Image by BirdNation)

Chipping Sparrow (Image by David Horowitz)

Yellow Warbler Female (Image by BirdNation)

Bonus non-bird Picture:

Amico Island Beaver (Image by David Horowitz)