On Lake Creek Trail between the parking lot and the footbridge Lincoln's Sparrows are more numerous than in the past few weeks. Lately I've been seeing them in groups of 3 or 4. I got this picture of one last Friday.
By the new parking lot I was excited to see a single Grasshopper Sparrow. This is a bird I usually only get to see a few times per year. It's a grassland species that we only see in the neighborhood during migration, or very rarely during the winter. This was the first one I've seen here since April, and I got this poor picture.
I'll end this post with a much better picture. Our state bird, Northern Mockingbirds are common year-round residents here and often let you get very close to them. This one was near the Grasshopper Sparrow and was much more cooperative for photographing.
3 comments:
Mikael, I assume you have the iPhone. Have you tried this app yet?
http://www.ibirdexplorer.com/
I would like your opinion if you have.
Thanks, Back Yard Birder
You assume correctly -- I love my iPhone! I have birdJam installed on it, but iBird looks like something I need to check out. Thanks!
Mikael
I had not planned on any birding today. Only hail damage clean up chores. However a bright yellow flash in our holly shrubs caught my eye. It was a Hooded Warbler that was foraging with a Bewick Wren that has a nest on our front porch. A good day after all.
-Back Yard Birder
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