Great Egret

22
Nov

Great Egret, Snowy Egret, and Tricolored Heron

As I wrote in my previous blogs, it was not the best birding from the beaches and shorelines around Charleston, SC, but we did see these three birds.  The Great Egret is one of the birds that is pushing its range northward a bit.  We now have more of them here in central Illinois in […]

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23
Aug

Migration has begun ……

In an earlier blog, I told you that our Rose-breasted Grosbeaks, Gray Catbirds, and Brown Thrashers are gone – they have begun their migration.  We now have Gray Catbirds again – here in our yard.  One was ‘meowing’ at me yesterday from a thick tangle of vines near the shore of our small lake.  But […]

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16
Jun

Birding Around Dayton, OH Part 3

Englewood Metro Park.   Dayton, OH     https://www.metroparks.org/places-to-go/englewood/ There are 4 separate areas that make up Englewood Metro Park.  We only had time to visit one of areas:  the East Park.  And we hit a bonanza of birds – the mother lode.  You can get the addresses for each of the entrances from the above website.  […]

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26
Nov

Birding The OBX – Mid-morning …..

Continuing from where I left off on the previous post …… It is the same day, only later in the morning.  After we finished early morning birding in the park that bordered Pamlico Sound, we needed coffee and some sort of quick breakfast.  We turned back on the highway and drove north and saw this […]

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