Bird report
While in the Jamestowne historic areas, we watched:
- two Brown-headed Nuthatches hollowing a new nest out of a dead tree
- two Red-headed Woodpeckers, also working on new nests
- one adult Double-crested Cormorant chowing on a huge catfish (which it ate from the inside out) and one juvenile (who swallowed his smaller fish whole)
- one BANK SWALLOW
- Bald Eagle in its nest
- Great Blue Heron searching for lunch
- Egret (specific type TBD)
- plus lots of red-winged blackbirds, sparrows and such as we have here at home.
In all, it was a well-rounded trip with history and some great birding, which I hadn’t really expected. Will post pictures of the woodpeckers and cormorants later.
ADDENDUM: We also saw a Northern Flicker (see Geren’s previous post) and I finally saw a Bluebird for the first time!
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Don’t forget the Northern Flicker I posted the other day. Also, if that Egret was pure white, it was a Snowy Egret.
that’s so awesome! I’d never seen that Northern Flicker either - how cool that he was friendly…or you were friendly…or at least you guys reached detante enough to tak e a picture. Sounds like a fun trip.