Thursday, May 29, 2014

Roaming

Not yet a full adult, the first year male redstart.
The female black throated blue warbler at the cotoneaster

New York dining, found food
At the bee tree, Maintenance Meadow
Canada warbler, not posing
Common yellow throat, posing, "Bandito"

Smart grackles.  This mouthful is being soaked-to-soften for nestlings. Second grackle will eat the softened hunk of bread himself.
Frog time. Potential heron lunch.
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Wednesday, May 28, 2014

Others and Ledger

There are still interesting birds to see.  The wandering oven bird
The veery. Sorry, no termites.
The catbird.
Hermie who doesn't need termites
An oddlot Nashville warbler, nice surprise.
Back to Ledger, or maybe this pigeon should be called Grungy.
Pacing two ledges, aware of adult pigeons on higher ledges.
You can see the grunge that needs to be cleaned off feathers.
How many feathers does a pigeon have??  Thousands. At least most of toes are now free of grunge.
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Tuesday, May 27, 2014

Back to Ledger

One doesn't think about how many feathers a pigeon has. Having sat in a grungy poopy nest for all of the nestling stage every one of the feathers needs to be cleaned before there is prolonged flight. Ledger may be on the building till Christmas.
The adults often watch from above, but I haven't seen them feed Ledger.
Off to the park, the first robin fledgling for this season.
Mouthful of food means there's a nest nearby, a well protected nest.
The common yellow throat female having a quiet moment while the oriole picks at cotoneaster blossoms.
There were so many bugs flying out of the ground that the sparrow was doing a yoyo routine, jump up, shag a bug, sit, jump up, shag a bug, sit, jump up, shag another bug, sit.
It's that time again, screaming baby starlings
Back to Ledger.  There are still many feathers that need cleaning.  The building owner put some bird seed on the sidewalk. Ledger has no interest in it, but sometimes pecks at the stone wall.
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