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Bird Blog: July 2005
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| Juvenile American Robin, Durham, 7/18/05. | This male Indigo Bunting showed up in the swamp near my house in Durham, 7/20/05. |
Blue-gray Gnatcatchers (Polioptila caerulea), 7/16/05
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| This bird suddenly landed on the ground, flopped about briefly, then quickly disappeared into the bushes. Jeff Pippen suggested that this bird might be "dust-bathing," trying to rid itself of parasites. | Meanwhile, on a neighboring tree, this bird was wildly hopping around. |
Juvenile Little Blue Heron (at north Durham swamp on 7/16/05, thanks to Dan Kaplan of Durham)
Unlike egrets, this species does not have an orange bill. In contrast this bird has a pinkish-gray and black bill.
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| Green Heron, same swamp and date as above Little Blue Heron. |
Juvenile Ruby-throated Hummingbird at the NC Arboretum in Asheville, 7/8/05
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Durham, 7/2-8/05
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| Female Purple Martin, Durham, 7/5/05 |
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| Immature Eastern Bluebird, Durham, 7/2/05 | Gray Catbird, Durham, 7/2/05 | Red-shouldered Hawk, NC Botanical Garden, 7/2/05. This hawk was squawking repeatedly and circling overhead. | Male Eastern Towhee, NC Botanical Garden, 7/2/05. It's not often that you see these birds off the ground. | Wood Thrush, Durham, 7/4/05. This bird had a beautiful gurgling song. | House Sparrows building nest, Durham, 7/6/05. | Eastern Towhee, Craggy Gardens, 7/8/05. |
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