Backyard birds, April, 2007
These are photos of birds seen in and
around our backyard after the passage of a Northerly front on April
8 through the rest of the month of April. Some are suitable only
for private
documentation (the light
was horrible on the 9th), others are decent. All photos copyright
(C) 2007 by Blair and Sandy Sterba-Boatwright.
April 10: great-crested flycatcher, eastern wood-pewee, hooded warbler, worm-eating warbler, yellow-breasted chat, red-eyed vireo, white-eyed vireo, wood thrush, Lincoln's sparrow, blue-gray gnatcatcher, ruby-throated hummingbird, turkey vultures, broad-winged hawks
April 11: great-crested flycatcher, scarlet tanager, hooded warbler, yellow-breasted chat, blue-gray gnatcatcher, ruby-throated hummingbird, Tennessee warbler
April 12: ruby-crowned kinglet, northern parula
April 14: great-crested flycatcher, ovenbird, Nashville warbler, orange-crowned warbler, Swainson's thrush, ruby-throated hummingbird
Birds seen but not represented here:
April 9: scarlet tanager, hooded warbler, white-eyed vireo, wood thrush, Swainson's thrush, Lincoln's sparrow, ruby-throated hummingbird, orchard orioleApril 10: great-crested flycatcher, eastern wood-pewee, hooded warbler, worm-eating warbler, yellow-breasted chat, red-eyed vireo, white-eyed vireo, wood thrush, Lincoln's sparrow, blue-gray gnatcatcher, ruby-throated hummingbird, turkey vultures, broad-winged hawks
April 11: great-crested flycatcher, scarlet tanager, hooded warbler, yellow-breasted chat, blue-gray gnatcatcher, ruby-throated hummingbird, Tennessee warbler
April 12: ruby-crowned kinglet, northern parula
April 14: great-crested flycatcher, ovenbird, Nashville warbler, orange-crowned warbler, Swainson's thrush, ruby-throated hummingbird
April 9
 Great-crested flycatcher |
 Black-and-white warbler |
 Eastern wood-pewee |
 Yellow-throated vireo(!) |
 Swainson's Thrush |
April 10
 Great-crested flycatcher |
 Lincoln's sparrow |
 Hooded warbler |
 Summer tanager |
 Summer tanager |
 Blue-winged warbler |
 Scarlet tanager |
 Yellow-bellied sapsucker |
April 11
 Nashville warbler |
 Northern parula |
 Northern parula |
April 13 (we cheated: these were from Ocean Drive, about half
a mile from our house)
 Upland sandpiper |
 Roseate spoonbill |
April 14
 Upland sandpiper |
 Least flycatcher |
 Yellow-breasted chat |
 Hooded warbler |
 Hooded warbler |
 Buff-bellied hummingbird |
 Sometimes the routine birds are too good to pass up. |
 Chuck-will's-widow |
April 15 (we cheated again: Blucher Park)
 Long-billed thrasher |
 Orchard oriole |
 Archilochus sp. |
April 15 (back home: a brief interjection of the personal)
 Scheherazade, the wonder dog |
 Tiger, the wonder cat |
 Ralph, the wonder butterfly |
Back to birds, April 15-16-18
 Worm-eating warbler |
 Yellow-breasted chat |
 Common yellowthroat |
April 19
 Orchard oriole |
 Rose-breasted grosbeak |
 Orchard oriole |
 Painted bunting |
April 20-22-24
 It's a terrible shot, but by gosh, we got a green heron in our yard |
 Ruby-throated Hummingbird |
 Indigo Buntings |
 A Nice Pair: Rose-breasted Grosbeak and Scarlet Tanager |