Greensboro Birds

Cute is definitely in the eye of the beholder, evidenced by these young Northern Cardinals that fledged this evening. Big ups to Andy for alerting us to them. Turns out the mother is the same molting bird that’s been visiting my feeder. She and her mate loudly tried to lure us away from the babies. [...]

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My balcony feeder had a brief lull in activity this April, but suddenly it is action packed from dawn till dusk (and then some). It used to be only the Cardinals that would drop in at sundown, but now the Carolina Chickadees and Tufted Titmice are lingering past dark. The Red-belly Woodpecker is back, and [...]

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The other day I told you about the Eastern Bluebirds in a nesting box near the dog run. Well, it looks like they’ve sublet the place to a pair of House Wrens.

Competition for nesting space is as fierce as finding a rent-stabilized apartment in New York. These guys must have paid off the super and [...]

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The dimmest, murkiest reach of Guilford Park is the lair of this cute Ovenbird. Even its name is cute. Say it with me: Ovenbird. (The bird’s dome-covered nest resembles a Dutch oven.) Sure, it looks like a thrush, but it’s actually a wood warbler. How to tell them from Wood or Hermit Thrushes? Check [...]

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I’ve learned one thing in the past few months of taking photos of birds. It’s really hard. Birds move around a lot, especially when you’re trying to focus and stop your hands from jittering and find the bird itself in the viewfinder. Yesterday I had my lens trained on two Gray Catbirds as they chased [...]

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