This Tufted Titmouse was feeding right above my head.

I heard a lot of Catbirds today.

Blue Gray Gnatcatchers seem to be very active now.

Perhaps we’ll be seeing more Eastern Phoebes soon.

Green Herons don’t usually pose this well for me.

Learn the song of the White Eyed Vireo and you’ll hear them often.

Today’s bugs.

I met a local guy who told this friendly Fox sleeps in the road every morning.

The Tern has a fish, and the Laughing Gull is trying to get it.

There were 50 or more Purple Martins roosting in this tree.

This appears to be a Forster’s Tern.

Snowy Egrets seem to be doing well everywhere.

A few Mallards were hanging out.

Great Blue Herons were fishing in every pool.

This American Avocet is another life bird.

Common Terns are a marvel in flight.

I didn’t recognize this bird, but a pro tells me it’s a Marbled Godwit.

Blue Gray Gnatcatchers were very active this morning.

Downy Woodpeckers almost always ignore the camera.

This Ruby Throated Hummingbird was feeding on a bush right next to me.

Brown Thrashers have not been plentiful for me this year.

I haven’t seen many Eastern Bluebirds this year.

This Common Yellowthroat is a resident breeder.

This Black and White Warbler cold be a resident or a migrant.

Momma Mallard leads her ducklings into the grass.

I found this Great Blue Heron at Terrapin.

Many Sandpipers forage in the mud flats at CBEC.

Tri Colored Herons are listed as “Rare” in our area.

I saw several Green Herons this morning.

I usually pass up Mourning Doves, but I liked this pose.

This Herring Gull may have found a dead fish.

The Blue Grosbeak is fairly common, but I don’t often see them at Terrapin.

Ospreys will only be here another month or so.

This Double Crested Cormorant flew overhead at Terrapin.

There were less than half the usual number of Snowy Egrets at CBEC.

It’s tough to get a Purple Martin in flight, and this guy was more cooperative than most.

Sunrise at Sandy Point.

Tri Colored Herons are rare in our area, and they’ve attracted many birders to CBEC.

Cornell: The Brown-headed Cowbird is a stocky blackbird with a fascinating approach to raising its young. Females forgo building nests and instead put all their energy into producing eggs, sometimes more than three dozen a summer. These they lay in the nests of other birds, abandoning their young to foster parents, usually at the expense of at least some of the host’s own chicks. Once confined to the open grasslands of middle North America, cowbirds have surged in numbers and range as humans built towns and cleared woods.”

This Chipping Sparrow has his hands full, trying to raise a Cowbird twice his size.

I see dozens of Red Winged Blackbirds most days, and often pass them by.

We saw only a single Greater Yellowlegs.

Tri Colored Herons are rare in our area, and they’ve attracted many birders to CBEC.

Barn Swallows often forage along the entrance road to CBEC.

This Wood Duck was just sitting still, contemplating the morning.

I saw this Great Blue Heron land in a tree at Terrapin.

Snowy Egrets are still the dominant bird at CBEC.

The Killdeer is very similar to the plovers I’ve been photographing.

It’s tough to catch a Barn Swallow in flight.

Snowy Egrets are still plentiful.

Snowy Egrets often put on a good show as they land.

Three Tri Colored Herons continue their stay at CBEC.

I’m seeing more Purple Martins than in previous years.

This Osprey has caught a nice fish.

Another Purple Martin.

This is the first time I’ve seen laughing gulls at CBEC.

Sunrise at Sandy Point.

This Greater Yellowlegs seemed to be solo.

There were three Semipalmated Plovers on the shoreline at Lake Knapp.

These two Tri Colored Herons were foraging together.

This Snowy Egret flew overhead at Terrapin.

This Belted Kingfisher is a regular at Terrapin.

Some day I’ll learn some flower names.

I’ve seen a lot of Eastern Kingbirds recently, but most wouldn’t hold still long enough for a picture.

This Common Tern was fishing at CBEC.

I found this Forster’s Tern at Terrapin.

This might be a least Sandpiper.

The resident Muskrat put on a short show today.

Snowy Egrets were fedding in both locations.

There were 40 or more Snowy Egrets in residence.

Three Tricolored Herons were sunning themselves in the trees.

Dozens of rabbits were feeding along the paths.

You can’t go wrong with butterflies.

This Red Winged Blackbird flew right in front of me.

The Common Terns only fished for a short time today.

An ordinary Mallard becomes extraordinary in flight.

I’ve sen a lot of Ospreys, and this one posed nicely.

I was lucky to catch these Double Crested Cormorants as they flew quickly by.

I’ve only seen a few Semipalmated Plovers, and I confuse them with the Killdeer.

We don’t see many Tri Colored Herons here.

The wind is responsible for this Snowy Egret’s fluffy feathers.

Another nice pose, but from a Snowy Egret.

I was lucky to catch these Double Crested Cormorants as they flew quickly by.

Cornell: “A dark wading bird with a long, down-curved bill. Although the Glossy Ibis in North America lives primarily along the Atlantic Coast, it also can be found in Europe, Africa, Asia, and Australia.”

This Frog was perched on a leaf, waiting for a bug to eat.

The mimosas are fading, and Ruby Throated Hummingbirds are harder to find.

Indigo Buntings almost always sing in the open.

You can usually count on a Common Yellowthroat in the big field.

I don’t often see Ospreys at the lake.

Today’s bugs.