Picked up my lifer Trumpeter Swan over the weekend! #birds 🪶

A beautiful soaring Osprey I saw recently- I wasn’t able to get a pic, but I saw my first Osprey dive! What an incredible display, truly amazing birds. #birds 🪶

Great Blue Heron looking especially dinosaurish! #birds 🪶

A couple babies I saw the other day! Fledgling Red-Winged Blackbird and Song Sparrow! #birds 🪶

A very dapper Northern Flicker I saw this morning! #birds 🪶

Oh to be a tree swallow napping in the sun #birds 🪶

The orioles are back! Orchard Oriole from this weekend #birds 🪶

Got my lifer American Bittern yesterday! So exciting!! #birds 🪶

It’s great to see the Blue-Gray Gnatcatchers again! #birds 🪶

My first spring warbler! This Palm Warbler was an unexpected sight in my yard yesterday- notice the motion blur from his tail flicks! So happy to see him :) #birds 🪶

I haven’t posted much recently- this winter has been rough! But today we had a record high of 85 degrees and I had a flock of Cedar Waxwings in my yard drinking the sap from my birch tree- bring on spring!!! #birds 🪶

In honor of the GBBC here’s a pic featuring the first bird I saw this morning- a Mourning Dove! #birds #GBBC 🪶

Looking forward to the GBBC this weekend! #birds 🪶

A new yard bird stopped by yesterday! A Fox Sparrow! Such a cutie hopping around under my feeders. #birds 🪶

I post a lot of mockingbirds- they’re just so photogenic! Here’s one eating a berry for today’s #birdoftheday theme of #birds&berries!

Here is a Black-Necked Stilt for today’s #birdoftheday theme of Black and White!

I spend every morning drinking my coffee and watching my #backyardbirds- happy to honor them for today’s #birdoftheday! Eastern Bluebird, White-Breasted Nuthatch, Gray Catbird (can’t wait for them to return!), Carolina Chickadee

A Red Phalarope with an open beak for #birdoftheday! #birds 🪶

I have great respect for those braving the temperatures in Maryland this week to bird- personally I’ve been holed up at home appreciating my backyard friends! Here’s one of my resident Downy Woodpeckers #birds 🪶

A handful of snowy backyard visitors this morning #birds 🪶

Not a *great* photo, but here are a pair of one of my favorite raptors- American Kestrels (a male and female)- for today’s #birdoftheday theme of Raptors! #birds 🪶

Here is a lovely Snowy Egret for today’s #birdoftheday theme of long beaks! #birds 🪶

Couldn’t be happier about seeing this Red-Flanked Bluetail today! First state record for Virginia. And only the second one found on the east coast US (first being in New Jersey in 2023). This bird was found on 1/1/26 and has been hanging around since- its normal range is in Asia! #birds 🪶

A Brown Creeper flexing his awesome camo jacket in my yard #birds 🪶

What a delight to see three Short Eared Owls yesterday! You can see the other two soar past. Sorry it’s a bit shaky- I was using my full zoom and it was freezing cold! #birds 🪶

What is your bird of the year? The first bird you see in 2026 is your bird of the year- mine is the Fish Crow! #birds 🪶

A Red-Bellied Woodpecker branching out in my backyard pine for #birdoftheday! #birds 🪶

Mourning Doves resting in the sun on a warm June afternoon… in my opinion, a great choice for the #birdoftheday theme of serenity. Makes me think of sitting on my deck feeling a warm breeze and hearing them sing. (Can you tell I’m sick of winter already?)

My Pine Warbler visitor is still stopping by my feeders, and has now taken a liking to my Birdbuddy!! He’s so beautiful! #birds 🪶

Is there anything more christmasy than a male Cardinal in the snow with a pine tree backdrop? I don’t think so!! Merry Christmas to those who celebrate, and a wonderful day to those who don’t! #birds 🪶

For today’s #birdoftheday theme of contrast- here’s a couple Redheads I saw over the weekend! Beautiful birds!!

Savannah Sparrows are one of the cutest sparrows! This guy posed for me over the weekend. #birds 🪶

For today’s #birdoftheday theme of #allaboutthekids, here’s some pics of one of the fledgling White Breasted Nuthatches that visited this past summer. I could barely handle the cuteness 🥹 #birds 🪶

Today’s #birdoftheday alt theme is birds on feeders- here’s a Red Shouldered Hawk on the hunt! When you feed the #birds you feed all the birds… 🪶

Northern Mockingbirds have so much character- I love them!! #birds 🪶

I’ve been so lucky to have this Pine Warbler setting up camp in my yard each day for this past week! As you can see- he has a bit of a wobbly leg. However, he seems to be thriving! He’s been seen gorging on suet and seed, as well as bathing and drinking. Rare here this time of year!! #birds 🪶

I think I’ve decided that this shot of a Yellow-Bellied Sapsucker is my favorite pic taken this year! #birds 🪶

Here is a headshot of a Great Egret for today’s #birdoftheday!

Today’s #birdoftheday theme is warblers! Here’s a Common Yellowthroat, Palm Warbler, and Prothonotary Warbler- can’t wait to see them again this spring! #birds 🪶

I don’t have many pics of birds on wires, but here’s a couple for #birdoftheday! The first one is an Ovenbird- very strange to see him on a wire instead of hiding in the brush! The second is an Acorn Woodpecker whose granary was in a telephone pole attached to the wire!

Here is a Ring-Billed Gull for today’s #birdoftheday theme of Grounded Gulls- a very dapper fellow! #birds 🪶

The harbinger of spring amongst the DC cherry blossoms this year- the American Robin! For today’s #birdoftheday theme of thrushes #birds 🪶

The roundest Borb I have ever seen for #birdoftheday

Today’s #birdoftheday theme is staredown- here is a White-Breasted Nuthatch, along with an American Crow and Red-Shouldered Hawk all staring straight into my soul! The Crow and Hawk took a break from their argument to make sure I knew they saw me lol #birds 🪶

A very handsome Northern Mockingbird for today’s #birdoftheday theme of shades of grey #birds 🪶

This Red-Shouldered Hawk stopped by for a visit while I was filling my feeders today! #birds 🪶

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Super cute little Brown Creeper who visited my yard recently! #birds 🪶

Such beauty. Such grace. Hermit Thrush. #birds 🪶

Here’s a handful of Green Herons for today’s #birdoftheday theme of green!