Mid-Atlantic Gardening: Mid-Atlantic Bird Watching - Fall 2013, 1 by AmandaEsq

AmandaEsq wrote:
Clever - yes! :)

I gravitate towards the bird supplies but never find anything spectacular. I guess I really have all I NEED to feed the birds, though more baffles would allow them to get more than the squirrels sometimes.

I saw and identified last year a migratory bird for the first time in my experience: a female American Redstart.

We saw her again last week, just once. Her markings are very distinctive and we appreciated the visit. Didn't get a picture, but in case you don't know the species (it was new to me!) here's a link to learn more:

http://birds.audubon.org/birds/american-redstart

And an image from Audubon to boot: