Greensboro Birds

The birds aren’t really lonesome, that’s just the name of our street. Here are a few shots I took of the birds in our yard tonight. The very first Lonesome bird shot:

A trio of Eastern Bluebirds was sitting on the wire in front of our neighbor’s house. They’re gonna have to get used to seeing [...]

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It’s been quiet here, birdwise, for a while. They’ve been hard at the business of sitting on and hatching eggs, not to mention keeping quiet so predators like crows, hawks, and owls don’t snatch away the young. But it seems that, with the exception of the late-breeding American Goldfinches, we’re seeing the last batch of [...]

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Last Sunday, as I waited in the car for Josh to get himself all pretty for the Corpse Flower, this Brown Thrasher hopped out and started scratching around in the grass. The Brown Thrasher—which is clearly related to the Northern Mockingbird (and Gray Catbird)—has proven to be an elusive subject, always darting into the deep [...]

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Another day, another fledgling. But it never gets dull, does it? I wish my photo of this Brown Thrasher fledgling were better, but I was pretty far away when I took it and when I tried to get closer, the young bird (and one of its parents) lived up to the Brown Thrasher’s reputation as [...]

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You might wonder if the Greensboro Life List that runs on the right side of this site contains all the birds I’ve seen since moving here. In short, no. Rather, with a few exceptions, it lists the birds I’ve been able to photograph to date. Today, I get to add the Brown Thrasher to the [...]

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