Category Archives: Birding
American Robin
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Great Egret
Last week Great Blues and now great whites, colonial nesters in the same locality. The Great Egret is a summer resident that catches the eye in flight, its extraordinary long neck folded behind a dagger beak and legs stream behind.
Great Blue Heron
Normally solitary, I see Great Blues poised on the banks of saltmarsh, staring into the creek at a respectful distance from the next neighbor. Occasionally one lands by our pool, as statuesque as the artificial kind sold as pool decoration. … Continue reading
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Tagged Great Blue Heron, Rookery, Rooks
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Downy Woodpecker
A Downy Woodpecker in SE Virginia creates a food bank Continue reading
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Tagged Virginia, Woodpeckers
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A Nose for Good or Evil
Imagine my shock. I poured a glass of fine wine for a French neighbor in New York and, before showing him the bottle, he identified it by a sniff – the region, vineyard, and almost got the vintage. My nose … Continue reading
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Tagged Black Vulture, scavenger, Turkey Vulture, White-tailed deer
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Roger musing about Peace with Nature 