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Bird Blog: December 2005
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The birds of Penny's Bend on 12/28/05 were either friendly or just curious:
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| Male Eastern Towhee, Penny's Bend Nature Preserve, Durham County, NC, 12/28/05 | White-throated Sparrow, Penny's Bend Nature Preserve, Durham County, NC, 12/28/05 | Different bird, same time and place. |
Great Blue Herons abound these days:
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| Great Blue Heron, Durham, 12/23/05 | Great Blue Heron, Eno River State Park, Fews Ford access, 12/27/05 | Great Blue Heron, Duke Gardens, Durham, NC, 12/30/05 |
Lots of action at the local Wild Birds Unlimited® and in our back yard:
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| House Sparrows, 12/22/05 | Song Sparrow, 12/22/05 | This Song Sparrow (12/22/05) has managed to get very fat! |
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| Tufted Titmouse, Durham, 12/22/05 | Carolina Chickadee, Durham, 12/22/05, apparently balancing a seed on its foot. | Carolina Wren, Durham, 12/22/05 |
These birds showed up in the neighborhood along a walkway on 12/21/05.
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| Carolina Wren | Female Dark-eyed Junco | White-throated Sparrows. Thanks to Mary McDavit for the ID. I guess the yellow "eyebrows" were the key. |
Thanks to Wild Birds Unlimited®, I had some great photo opportunites on 12/20/05!
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| Male House Sparrow eating a mealworm. | Female House Sparrows | Female Northern Cardinal |
High bird season has come back to my front and back yards!
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| Carolina Wren, Durham, 12/17/05. At first, this bird seemed wary when it saw me coming. | Then it tried to face me down (doesn't it look fierce?), but eventually took off. | Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Durham, 12/17/05 | Male House Finch, Durham, 12/19/05. This bird appeared at the front yard feeder, and the harsh morning light called for some image processing. |
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| Downy Woodpecker, Durham, NC, 12/16/05. Again attacking my house! Putting out suet has failed to deter this determined little beast. | Northern Flicker, Durham, NC, 12/16/05 | Northern Cardinal, Durham, NC, 12/16/05. | Cedar Waxwing, Durham, NC, 12/16/05. Both of these waxwings were alone when photographed, at least half a mile apart. | Cedar Waxwing, Durham, NC, 12/16/05 |
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| Downy Woodpecker, Durham, 12/10/05. This little rascal had the nerve to fly up to our house and start hammering while I stood there! | Female Northern Cardinal, Durham, 12/14/05 | Red-tailed Hawk, Durham, NC, 12/16/05 | Dark-eyed Junco, Durham, NC, 12/16/05 | Dark-eyed Junco, Durham, NC, 12/16/05. This bird was bathing very vigorously in a local stream. |
Action on the far southern Atlantic NC coast:
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| Adult male Boat-tailed Grackle, Kure Beach, New Hanover County, NC, 12/12/05 | Probably immature Boat-tailed Grackle, Kure Beach, 12/12/05 | Juvenile Brown Pelican, Kure Beach, 12/12/05 |
© 2005 Dorothy E. Pugh