Greensboro Birds

Brian from Sanford, NC, (edge of the Piedmont, yo!) sent in these pics of rose-breasted grosbeaks that stopped at his platform feeder last week. These were new birds for Brian, and when he IDed them with his trusty National Geographic field guide, he realized they weren’t locals. Nope, rose-breasted grosbeaks are Northerners, but us Piedmonters [...]

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Scott from Cary is a regular reader of GBirds, and he has an excellent memory for detail. How do I know? He sent in this shot of an Eastern towhee that contains two of my favorite bird-photo elements: Wide-open beak and bird in silhouette. Only true GBirds aficionados would know this. (I have another favorite [...]

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All together now: Awwwwwww! Dave from Holly Springs, NC, sent in this shot of a trio of eight-day-old bluebird nestlings, taken on June 18. If this cool video on his blog is any indication, Dave is the Bluebird Whisperer, having coaxed them to take mealworms right from the palm of his hand! Josh likes to [...]

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NB: In the 18 months that I’ve been toiling at this incarnation of Greensboro Birds, I’ve had almost 23,000 unique visits and, as of a few minutes ago, 45,504 page views! Not bad for a little bird blog, right? And it’s proof that even though our enthusiasm for the natural world often seems to go, [...]

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GBirds reader Jess mentioned finding what looked like rattlesnake plantain while walking in the woods in Ohio. After checking out the above photo that Jess e-mailed, I’ve gotta say that was a perfect ID. This one hasn’t fully bloomed yet, so you can see how the stalk gives the plant its name, as it resembles [...]

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