What you're looking at above is the Swamp Sparrow. You can tell by the gray chest, white spot under the chin, reddish wings, and streaked crown. He's perched on a rusty old agricultural artifact.
Friday, October 31, 2014
Swamp Sparrow (Melospiza georgiana)
You know you're playing with the birder big boys when you're busy bloviating on sparrow species. These inconspicuous little guys are hard to identify. Not as bad as gulls, but close. Anyhow, I got plenty of good sparrow pics and sparrow identification pointers from the bird-loving lovebird husband-wife duo that led a birdwalk at the Rea Farm last Saturday in Cape May.
What you're looking at above is the Swamp Sparrow. You can tell by the gray chest, white spot under the chin, reddish wings, and streaked crown. He's perched on a rusty old agricultural artifact.
What you're looking at above is the Swamp Sparrow. You can tell by the gray chest, white spot under the chin, reddish wings, and streaked crown. He's perched on a rusty old agricultural artifact.
Monday, October 6, 2014
Brown Thrasher (Toxostoma rufum)
Look at those bright yellow eyes! This Brown Thrasher was perched high up in a Central Park treetop, watching a Red-Tailed Hawk consume a Northern Flicker. Although this bird was cautiously watching an apex predator, please don't think that the Brown Thrasher is a timid bird. Brown Thrashers are known to attack anyone they deem a threat -- even Humans (Homo sapiens)!
I could identify the Brown Thrasher by his rufous upper parts, two white wingbars, long tail, and extraordinary streaking on the breast.
I could identify the Brown Thrasher by his rufous upper parts, two white wingbars, long tail, and extraordinary streaking on the breast.
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