Greensboro Birds

I spent the past week watching an American Robin build this nest in a poison oak-covered tree near my office window. (Fighting the war against poison oak is how I spend my spare time, by the way. By the looks of my skin, I’m losing.) Looks like I’ll have plenty of incentive to keep an [...]

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I read in the latest edition of Cornell’s Birdscope that this appears to be a big year for American Robins. (Did you know that people in the 1800s ate them? Anyway… ) Our lawns and parks have been teeming with them, and now we have baby Robins flopping all over the place. This little fledgling [...]

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When people learn about my little birding addiction, they often ask me, “Where do you find them? I never see any birds.” Birds are everywhere, often hiding in plain sight, like this American Robin sitting on her nest. I spotted her in a bush right next to a path where plenty of people walk. She’s [...]

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This sassy young American Robin fledged from its nest today and is chirping up a storm. Robin siblings fledge on the same day (meaning, they leave the nest for the first time together). They hop around and stretch their muscles while the parents continue to find food and feed them, one by one. If you [...]

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We are absolutely inundated by Robins. Everywhere I look there are swarms of them in the grass, in the trees, duking it out for nesting sites, and filling the morning and evening air with their various songs and chirps. In the words of Josh, “Robins are good-lookin’ birds. They’re highly underappreciated.” Robins are also patient [...]

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I’ve been extolling the virtues of the Canon S2 IS camera, with its awesome powers of 12x optical/4x digital zoom. Well, birders can’t get enough zoom, so yesterday I received the Raynox DCR-2020Pro 2.2x telephoto lens, giving me an awesome amount of reach. Here are a few practice shots, taken at distances I wouldn’t have [...]

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Just a few early evening spring scenes around Lincoln Green.

An American Robin takes flight from an overhead branch. I’m practicing shooting birds in flight, with so-so results. I like seeing its feet hanging beneath its tummy in this one.

This male Eastern Towhee was alternating verses of his “drink your tee” song with me. Two of [...]

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Walked around the complex this morning, and there was a LOT of birding action! We’re in the midst of a polar blast, with temps hovering in the high 20s/low 30s. The sun is nice and bright, though, so it could be worse. Here’s a handful of the many birds I spotted.
This Song Sparrow was singing [...]

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