33. Northern Mockingbird
32. Tufted Titmouse
Baby Cardinal next to its nest
32. Tufted Titmouse
31. Rock Dove
Sunday, March 22, 2015
Thursday, March 19, 2015
Erwin - Tennessee
30. Common Grackle
29. Turkey Vulture
My first bird of prey. It feeds almost exclusively on dead animals.
As most vultures it has few or no feathers on the head. The adult's head is small in proportion to its body and red.
28. Great Blue Heron
Caught on flight over the Nolichucky River in TN.
From Erwin - Tennessee
Friday, March 13, 2015
Olentangy - More
27. Killdeer
It is found in grasslands, vacant fields or along railroads. It has a very distinctive call.
26. Carolina Chickadee
It could also be a Black-capped Chickadee, which is identical to the Carolina Chickadee, except in song.
It is found in grasslands, vacant fields or along railroads. It has a very distinctive call.
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26. Carolina Chickadee
It could also be a Black-capped Chickadee, which is identical to the Carolina Chickadee, except in song.
Wednesday, March 11, 2015
Spring is here!
25. Song sparrow
(Second one is from a trip to Erwin - Tennessee)
24. Dark-eyed Junco
23. Lesser Scaup
21. American Goldfinch (winter)
Some nice photos of common visitors:
female Northern Cardinal
Red-bellied Woodpecker
House Sparrow
From the Olentangy River Trail, Columbus, OH
Tuesday, March 10, 2015
Blackbirds and Nuthatches
20. Red-winged blackbird
And more white-breasted nuthatches!
Taken in the Olentangy River Trail, Columbus, OH
Friday, March 6, 2015
Woodpeckers Subspecies
In a previous post I had trouble telling the difference between hairy and downy woodpeckers. It seems clearer in these photos that this is a downy woodpecker, mainly because it has a black tail and it is much smaller than the hairy woodpecker. We guess that it also has white feathers with black spots behind its black tail and a small beak. It is male because it has the red patch on the back of its head.
On the contrary, those woodpeckers have white spots on their black tails. Their beak is about the length of their head. They are bigger in size and they have black legs.
Hairy woodpeckers (bird number 19!)
Photos are taken in the Olentangy River Trail area in Columbus, Ohio.
Wednesday, March 4, 2015
Olentangy River Trail
18. Red-bellied woodpecker
17. Blue Jay
16. Carolina Wren
And a beautiful female Northern Cardinal
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