A Midland painted turtle basks at the Brickworks on April 5th. © BCP 2010 What a delight earlier this week to see turtles back in our ponds. With snow swirling in a leaden sky today, it’s hard to believe now that the summer-like temperatures we enjoyed over the Easter weekend really happened. But just as […]
A magnificent brown thrasher makes his presence known at Ashbridge’s on Tues. April 6. © BCP 2010 Okay, relax everybody…It’s true I’m a novice birdwatcher, but even I know that the picture right above these words isn’t of an unknown LBB — it’s a streaked robin, a species infrequently seen in these parts and known […]
A common grackle, Quiscalus quiscula, getting a drink and a bath on Easter weekend. © BCP 2010 The common grackle, Quiscalus quiscula, is one of the blackbirds most people love to hate. Ornithologists classify the grackle as a songbird, but lots of people would have a hard time with that description, as the bird’s voice […]
Mrs. Cardinal, taking a break from foraging on the ground, allowed me to approach quite closely today. © BCP 2010 A wonderful day at the beach today. So many of our feathered friends have returned, it’s hard to catalogue them all. There are the returning migrants that will stay here for the summer and into […]
A song sparrow sings for all to hear, deep in the heart of a sea buckthorn bush at the beach. © BCP 2010 No longer do we have to crow, so to speak, about every sign of spring, for it is surely exploding all around us. A walk just about anywhere now makes that a […]
