A Great Egret spotted at the local wetlands last week #Birds #Pennsylvania

sooooo freaking cool! Female Baltimore oriole drinking out of the hummingbird feeder #birds #birding

Happy #WoodpeckerWednesday! Here’s a Red-Bellied Woodpecker who has been hanging out in our yard for some time. She wasn’t bashful showing off her red belly #birds

A White-Breasted Nuthatch hanging out in a tree, deciding which feeder it wants to check out #birds #trees #Pennsylvania

Happy #WoodpeckerWednesday! Here’s a Red-Bellied Woodpecker swooping in to get a snack from the bird feeder this afternoon. Love the zebra pattern! #birds

First #hummingbird of the year in central #Pennsylvania! It must still be finding its way around since the nectar feeder is on the other side of the house #birds

A female Rose-Breasted Grosbeak having quiet breakfast before a blue jay swooped in for some sunflower seeds #birds #Pennsylvania

Merlin just picked up an Evening Grosbeak in the backyard! Trying to confirm, but that would be the first time we’ve ever had one in the years of living here!

🪶 Rob @robcrank68.bsky.social has set the #BirdOfTheDay theme as #BestOfTheMonth. A quick look over some recent files gave me these four. IDs in alt. #birds #photography

This is a first: Just had a wild turkey stop by the bird feeders!

The first lightning bugs of the year! There’s only a few in the back yard, but it’s 3 nights earlier than the first sightings of fireflies last year! #Pennsylvania

While birding last week, we came across an unusual sight: an albino squirrel!

Friday 🪶

Mr. Red Head came back today! After having breakfast at the suet feeder, he flew to the nearby woods and started calling loudly. He didn’t hang around long enough for pictures, so here’s a few more from yesterday #birds #rare #woodpecker

🚨🚨🚨 A Red-Headed Woodpecker is at our suet feeder! This is not a drill! #birds #woodpecker

Spring Peepers have been LOUD this spring! Recently we went for a hike and the sound reached 78 decibels, about as loud as a car or a vacuum cleaner.

Over 200 million #birds were migrating northward across the United States last night thanks to favorable weather & winds. Just yesterday I recorded a few new species in the backyard, including a Common Yellowthroat.

There’s an Eastern Meadowlark hanging around, and I’m determined to spot it. #birds

Buzz buzz!! 🐝🐝🐝

Bats, Woodcocks and Spring Peepers at the same time in the back yard. It’s the most wonderful time of the year!

Happy #FlickerFriday! A holiday mostly observed by me. Here's my favorite northern flicker looking sorta gross and cute at the same time yesterday. 📷🌿🪶

3 ducks of 2 different species in 1 picture #birds

Still hearing Woodcock “courtship flights” here in Pennsylvania!

I’m always amazed at how big their legs are!

Happy #WoodpeckerWednesday! These male and female Downy Woodpeckers were at the suet feeder getting dinner before the Starlings came back for seconds. #birds

While birding this morning, there was a nice “Mackerel Sky” overhead #birds #clouds

Over 30 million #birds are currently migrating north across the eastern United States.

Just saw an Osprey and a Bald Eagle at the same time from the backyard!!!

A Starling was hogging the suet feeder, so this Red-bellied Woodpecker had to resort to the “normal” bird feeder #birds

My wife: Why does the birdfeeder camera look strange this morning? The reason:

Happy #WoodpeckerWedneaday! If you listen closely, you can hear thumping from a Hairy Woodpecker high up in the tree. A few were so strong you could feel it when you put your hand on the trunk #birds

Just saw the first bat of the season! 🦇

PEENT!

A better look at Ms Downy Woodpecker, then Ms Red Bellied Woodpecker. #birds

A Black-capped Chickadee gathering nesting materials during yesterday’s bird walk. The breeze carried some of the fluff our way while they worked #birds #Pennsylvania

Morning waterfowl walk with the local #AudubonSociety, featuring a Horned Grebe #birds

Breakfast with Blue Jays! They sure do love their peanuts #Birds

Just spotted a juvenile Bald Eagle fly over the yard, my first time seeing one in flight! There was so much white on its belly I initially mistook it for an Osprey 🦅

Merlin: There’s a hawk in your yard Me: Where’s a Blue Jay?

Bluebirds are moving in! Several couples have been checking out the boxes along our fence recently, but one pair has been returning to the same box the bast 3 days. Here is a male Bluebird keeping watch while the female was inside #birds

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Happy #WoodpeckerWednesday! Here are some cavities created by a Pileated Woodpecker. It was impressive to see these up close! #Birds #Pennsylvania

Bluebirds have been checking out our boxes for 2 days in a row now! We doubled the bird houses from 4 to 8 this year, so hopefully we have some luck! 🪺

Spring peepers and thunderstorms 🐸⚡️🌧️

Red tail Hawk photo bombed by a Bluejay -before & after #birds

Mr Downy Woodpecker was so busy yesterday! Between trips to the suet feeders they are drumming on big trees nearby. 🪶

A few peanut-loving Blue Jays dropped by this morning for breakfast:

Just heard the first Northern Flicker of the season! It called several times over the course of 2-3 minutes in the woods near the yard.

Possible first signs of a Brown Thrasher in central PA! Merlin detected it multiple times this morning, and I heard it myself, but cannot confirm with a picture (yet).

A local Carolina Wren gathering nesting materials. The same wren has been working on a nest nearby for a few days now.