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Also saw a few male 'Blue Grosbeaks' .......

This 'Canada Goose' kept one eye on me as I approached him .......

And, lastly, a 'Great Egret' flying low across the wetlands.

Everyone is having such great pictures! I went bird watching the other day and all I got was poison ivy!

Here at home, finches, dees and cardinals are enjoying the sunflowers.

One bad picture of an indigo bunting.

Great pics Linth! Love the Blue Grosbeak!
Surprisingly the mosquitos were not around at all yesterday. When I was there in May they were really swarming. I guess each day is different.

Very nice ones Marna! Love the sunflowers. Is the Bunting new for you?

Well the official list for yesterdays walk just came out . I knew I missed writing things down. :-) Here it is from the CMBO website:

Location: South Cape May Meadows
Observation date: 8/10/09
Number of species: 76

Canada Goose 50
Mute Swan 20
Wood Duck 1
Gadwall 1
Mallard 45
Blue-winged Teal 1
Pied-billed Grebe 1
Least Bittern 1
Great Blue Heron 3
Great Egret 5
Snowy Egret 2
Green Heron 1
Glossy Ibis 4
Osprey 5
American Kestrel 1
Semipalmated Plover 1
Killdeer 10
American Oystercatcher 5
Spotted Sandpiper 3
Solitary Sandpiper 1
Greater Yellowlegs 1
Lesser Yellowlegs 10
Ruddy Turnstone 1
Sanderling 75
Semipalmated Sandpiper 2
Least Sandpiper 40
Short-billed Dowitcher 50
Laughing Gull 150
Ring-billed Gull 20
Herring Gull 30
Lesser Black-backed Gull 2
Great Black-backed Gull 50
Least Tern 50
Caspian Tern 3 1 adult with chick, later single adult
Common Tern 75
Forster's Tern 5
Royal Tern 50
Black Skimmer 30
Rock Pigeon 10
Mourning Dove 10
Chimney Swift 25
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Alder/Willow Flycatcher (Traill's) 1
Eastern Kingbird 5
White-eyed Vireo 1
Fish Crow 20
Purple Martin 50
Tree Swallow 200
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 10
Barn Swallow 25
Carolina Chickadee 2
Carolina Wren 3
House Wren 1
Marsh Wren 2
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 3
American Robin 10
Gray Catbird 3
Northern Mockingbird 1
European Starling 50
Cedar Waxwing 50
Yellow Warbler 5
Magnolia Warbler 1
American Redstart 2
Northern Waterthrush 2
Common Yellowthroat 4
Song Sparrow 1
Northern Cardinal 4
Blue Grosbeak 1
Bobolink 20
Red-winged Blackbird 25
Common Grackle 15
Orchard Oriole 1
House Finch 5
American Goldfinch 5
House Sparrow 10


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Back here at home I finally got a pic of the White-breasted Nuthatch. Not a very good pic but I'm just happy he is around.

Wow, Pelle, that's fantastic. What a place to visit.

I'd love to be there too. Wow! Linth I'd if I could. How far are you from Baltimore, I've relative there.

Nanny, great photos of that new Cardinal, Flicker and the Downy!
Pelle, the Swans are just beautiful. That list in incredible! It was well worth the long drive. Cute Nuthatch too!
Linth, great shots. That Egret in flight is amazing.
Mrs. Ed, when that pretty Cardinal finishes up with your sunflower seeds, send him west. I have lots for him here too.

We had two Osprey fly by here, but they didn't return back by for a better photo.

One of our many Turkey Vultures

Now they're bringing the younger ones that haven't got the red heads yet.

It's amazing how these little ones love to annoy our two dogs by flying back and forth past the house where the dogs are barking and chasing after them on the decks.

I'm so happy to share these pictures. I've been watching these Redheaded woodpeckers gradually acclimate to the environment, they explored the area by frequenting the low branches. It took them a period of days, maybe weeks. They finally became brave enough to visit my grains feeder! Yooohooooo!!!

Bingo! One out of the two successfully isolated a peanut from the feeder and flew off with it. Its mate too went for the feeder. They both have found the feeder, so hopefully I'll see more of them in the near future. Mind you, while these were feeding, they chased my purple finches away by pecking on them!

Duc, nice shots of the in flights! We've both the black and the turkey vultures here as well. No Ospreys though.

Oh Lily, that last one of the Redheaded is incredible!! Your best yet!! I hope you have more because I'm going to start a new thread and hope you'll post them there for everyone to see.

Here's the newest thread for more pictures-


http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/1026036/

Beautiful Lily!!