Tag: Birds

The Look of Summer

by fetchingtheworld, posted in Birds, Gardens and Nature, Own Photos

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Anguilla Birds and Beauty

by fetchingtheworld, posted in Birds, Own Photos
  • Common Terns at sunrise
  • Common Tern
  • Mixed flock of Snowy and Semipalmated Plovers
  • Snowy Plover, breeding adult
  • Snowy Plover, trying to distract us from its nearby nest by feigning a broken wing
  • Snowy Plover chicks, just hatched
  • Bananaquit
  • “Stella”, a resident Green-throated Carib Hummingbird
  • “Stella”
  • Bananaquit
  • The very tiny Antillean-crested Hummingbird
  • American Flamingo pair, a very rare treat on Anguilla
  • American Flamingo
  • American Flamingo pair, a very rare treat on Anguilla
  • Wilson’s Plover
  • Ruddy Turnstone, breeding adult
  • White-cheeked Pintail
  • Semipalmated Plover
  • Lesser Yellowlegs
  • Ruddy Turnstone, non-breeding adult
  • Lesser Yellowlegs
  • Killdeer Chick
  • Killdeer with chick
  • Killdeer with chick
  • Killdeer with chick
  • Killdeer chick
  • Killdeer chick, only hours old and possibly its first time in the water
  • Killdeer with chick
  • Killdeer with chicks
  • Killdeer chick nestling under its parent
  • Feet!
  • Red-billed Tropicbird trio
  • Red-billed Tropicbird
  • Red-billed Tropicbird

Life’s Energy

by fetchingtheworld, posted in Birds, Own Photos, Zach

Wildlife, especially birds, brings forth an energy that I think goes beyond their own wild lives.  I suppose I have sensed this more since the death of my son, for when I see a bird, I find a sense of joy that clearly mirrors times with my son. A life, joy, and energy that is universal, perhaps.

I’ve had many birds cross – er rather, fly – across my path this spring, some of which I’ve been fortunate enough to capture with my camera. Many are migratory, stopping by only briefly in their trek for some seed and a photo op 🙂

Flying home…

by fetchingtheworld, posted in Birds, Own Photos

May is migration for many bird species, and I’m always thrilled to see my summer birds back for the season. Too, it can mean nests and babies and cute fledglings coming with Mom or Dad to my feeders.

These from my local favorite gardens, Longwood. A hotbed of migration activity, mixed with our year-rounders, and those heading north for their summer away!

 

 

The Perfect Sanctuary

by fetchingtheworld, posted in Own Photos

While Point Reyes National Seashore is not a (wildlife) sanctuary, in many ways it presented itself that way, on my first ever visit there. Point Reyes has it all: bays, lagoon, ocean, lighthouse, cape, and LOTS of wildlife. Amazing, beautiful wildlife.

I included too a sprinkling from another brief but wonderful spot called Shorebird marsh in Corte Madera. Many new water birds (to me!) including a stunning flock of American Avocet.

Another amazing  day in my California visit!