FINALLY saw a Barred Owl in daylight!! #birds 🪶

Picked up my lifer Trumpeter Swan over the weekend! #birds 🪶

A beautiful soaring Osprey I saw recently- I wasn’t able to get a pic, but I saw my first Osprey dive! What an incredible display, truly amazing birds. #birds 🪶

Great Blue Heron looking especially dinosaurish! #birds 🪶

A couple babies I saw the other day! Fledgling Red-Winged Blackbird and Song Sparrow! #birds 🪶

A very dapper Northern Flicker I saw this morning! #birds 🪶

Oh to be a tree swallow napping in the sun #birds 🪶

The orioles are back! Orchard Oriole from this weekend #birds 🪶

Got my lifer American Bittern yesterday! So exciting!! #birds 🪶

It’s great to see the Blue-Gray Gnatcatchers again! #birds 🪶

My first spring warbler! This Palm Warbler was an unexpected sight in my yard yesterday- notice the motion blur from his tail flicks! So happy to see him :) #birds 🪶

I haven’t posted much recently- this winter has been rough! But today we had a record high of 85 degrees and I had a flock of Cedar Waxwings in my yard drinking the sap from my birch tree- bring on spring!!! #birds 🪶

In honor of the GBBC here’s a pic featuring the first bird I saw this morning- a Mourning Dove! #birds #GBBC 🪶

Looking forward to the GBBC this weekend! #birds 🪶

A new yard bird stopped by yesterday! A Fox Sparrow! Such a cutie hopping around under my feeders. #birds 🪶

I post a lot of mockingbirds- they’re just so photogenic! Here’s one eating a berry for today’s #birdoftheday theme of #birds&berries!

Here is a Black-Necked Stilt for today’s #birdoftheday theme of Black and White!

I spend every morning drinking my coffee and watching my #backyardbirds- happy to honor them for today’s #birdoftheday! Eastern Bluebird, White-Breasted Nuthatch, Gray Catbird (can’t wait for them to return!), Carolina Chickadee

A Red Phalarope with an open beak for #birdoftheday! #birds 🪶

I have great respect for those braving the temperatures in Maryland this week to bird- personally I’ve been holed up at home appreciating my backyard friends! Here’s one of my resident Downy Woodpeckers #birds 🪶

A handful of snowy backyard visitors this morning #birds 🪶

Not a *great* photo, but here are a pair of one of my favorite raptors- American Kestrels (a male and female)- for today’s #birdoftheday theme of Raptors! #birds 🪶

Here is a lovely Snowy Egret for today’s #birdoftheday theme of long beaks! #birds 🪶

Couldn’t be happier about seeing this Red-Flanked Bluetail today! First state record for Virginia. And only the second one found on the east coast US (first being in New Jersey in 2023). This bird was found on 1/1/26 and has been hanging around since- its normal range is in Asia! #birds 🪶

A Brown Creeper flexing his awesome camo jacket in my yard #birds 🪶

What a delight to see three Short Eared Owls yesterday! You can see the other two soar past. Sorry it’s a bit shaky- I was using my full zoom and it was freezing cold! #birds 🪶

What is your bird of the year? The first bird you see in 2026 is your bird of the year- mine is the Fish Crow! #birds 🪶

A Red-Bellied Woodpecker branching out in my backyard pine for #birdoftheday! #birds 🪶

Mourning Doves resting in the sun on a warm June afternoon… in my opinion, a great choice for the #birdoftheday theme of serenity. Makes me think of sitting on my deck feeling a warm breeze and hearing them sing. (Can you tell I’m sick of winter already?)

My Pine Warbler visitor is still stopping by my feeders, and has now taken a liking to my Birdbuddy!! He’s so beautiful! #birds 🪶