Quick Stop @ The Beanery 

 

 Willet (Eastern) - 3rd spotting in the last 2 days

 Cattle Egret - Breeding Plumage

 Eastern Box Turtle

 Glossy Ibis - The flock that made me pull over

Palm Warlber (yellow)

The days started off great & ended great. Had a Willet & a Black & Warbler @ The Meadows around 7am. Then found the above ones about 7pm. Still doesn't compare to the day Heislersville had.

Beautiful Weather Brings....

 FOY - Mourning Cloak @ The Beanery

 FOY - Souther Gray Tree Frog (can you find him?)

FOY - Eastern Box Turtle (found on my lawn)

Yellow-Crowned Night Heron w/ 2 juvenile Black-Crowned Night Herons

Glossy Ibis @ The Meadows

Foster's Terns @ Sunset Beach

Painted Turtles @ Lake Lily


Get out & enjoy the weather!

I have still been out in the field but surely working two full times cuts into my time outdoors. Here are some photo from March

Western Tananger - Female (My lucky neighbor has this yard bird)

Two Females relaxing...

Purple Finch & Pine Warbler - The feeder is a popular spot these days

And moving on.....

Eastern Phoebe - @ Higbees Beach (very high numbers moving through the area now)

Fish Crow @ Nummy Island

Lesser-Black Backed Gull @ St Mary's Beach CM Point

Osprey defending his catch from a Turkey Vulture @ Rea's Farm

Bonaparte"s Gull @ East Pointe Lighthouse

East Pointe Lighthouse in Cumberland County - Beautiful!

Cooper's Hawk - Notice how his tail is spread open

Boat-Tailed Grackle @ Heislerville's WMA

Harbor Seal @ CM Point Beach

Snow Egret @ The Meadows

Spring has arrived!

Greater Yellow Legs - Flying & Calling as usual

Tree Swallow @ his new home.

Well, its been a great month & April will pick up even more. I ended March with 174 species for the year all the while I have working almost 75 hours a week. (yes, if I'm not working I am out there in the field; birding is my life now & I have no complaints)

See you soon.... Mike

 

Some of my recent sights.... 

 Black-headed Gull - dead center on island,

 "Blue" Snow Geese

 Cackling Goose - 4th in from left

 Cooper's Hawk

 Chipping Sparrow

 Carolina Wren - Singing

 Domesticated - ?

 House Finch - Female

 Golden Eagle - Most likely but can not confirm

 Great Egret

 Killdeer

 Laughing Gull - First of the year @ Ferry Terminal

 Merilin

 Mallard - Partially Luecistic (albino)

 Lesser Scaup

 Northern Gannets

 Oystercatcher

 Red-Shoulered Hawk

 Tundra Swan

 Sunrise @ the Impoundments w/ Dan Ceravolo

 Redhead

Turkeys - 3 phases


Well the northern migration has started, temps rising slightly with recent sighting can only mean.... I be out even more!