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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Here’s a new nest in a pine branch hanging over the yard. The builder is apparently a fan of plastic bags and mud. Can you guess who made it? See the answer after the jump…

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Spotted this interesting nest today; it’s dangling about 25 feet above a trail in the park. It appears to be a ball of mostly long woven grasses and bits of bark, with a few grass blades wrapped over the branch to secure it to the tree. I couldn’t see an obvious opening, but I’m guessing [...]

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Shortly after seeing the nesting Red-bellies, I encountered this Carolina Chickadee scolding me for walking too close to its nesting cavity. It flew in and out, trying to lure me across the path and away from the tree. This tree is only inches from the edge of the path, so the bird’ll either have to [...]

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Last fall, after the leaves had dropped, I spotted this nest in the park. I don’t know which bird made it, but I like how it was built to hang below the branches rather than rest on top of them, like a little pouch or ladle. My camera at the time was a paltry Canon [...]

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UPDATE: A fellow birdwatcher in our Google Group found good evidence that this is probably the nest of a Pine Warbler!I found this little nest today on the ground beneath a tall pine tree. While I can identify a number of birds, I don’t know my nests, so I’m looking for help on who built [...]

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