Red Bellied Woodpecker Eating an Orange

Red Bellied Woodpecker Eating an Orange


We're still getting a few orioles coming by, but it doesn't look like we'll have an oriole nest. It could be because all the other birds have found the food we put out for the orioles. Here a red bellied woodpecker is at the orange and even the orange half filled with jelly. They also are switching back and forth from the peanut flavored suet to the jelly for a good old fashioned pb&j!

Later in the day, a male oriole returned, but we haven't seen a female yet in our yard.

We should get out more.

Northern Cardinal


Cedar Waxwing


Chipmunk

We should get out more, but we also like waiting for these critters to drop by.

Oropendola from Trinidad

We still have a few more photos from our March trip to Trinidad and Tobago. The Oropendola is an interesting bird that makes a large hanging nest. While we are impressed at first, they are fairly common and a bit loud, distracting our attenction from other birds.

Lake Nelson's Black Crowned Night Heron

Black Crowned Night Heron
The Black Crowned Night Heron has been making a daily apperance (or really a nightly appearance) on Lake Nelson.

Oriole Update

 

 

The Baltimore Orioles have returned and are occasionally feeding at the oranges or jelly. This one is at one of Chris' orange halves with some of the orange scooped out and replaced with grape jelly. She tries hard to accomodate different tastes.

We are still hoping for an Oriole nest.

Lake Neslon Update

 

 

 

 

The dam on Lake Nelson was fixed and with all the rain, the lake is full.
A big thanks for all who volunteered and helped with the repairs.

Before the dam was fixed, a goose used our floating island as a nest. We think it abandoned the nest, it only sat on it a few days. Now that the lake is back, we've had one cormorant on the lake and a few ducks have returned. We did get to take the boat out and ran into a nice deer at a stream that feeds the lake.

Baby Robin

Baby Robin

Our first baby bird of the year.

Photos By Robert: West Deptford New Jersey

 

Mockingbird

 

Our little Male house wren with spider in beak to give to female who is sitting on her eggs in our nest box. This is the 4th year this pair has nested and fledged babies from same nest box.

A Cute Gosling

 

Here's a cute picture of an adorable baby goose. They waddle on to the lawn through a hole in the fence and nibble on the delicate grass. What can be cuter than a baby bird?

Bald Eagle: Photo by Mark

TAKEN IN ELSINBORO TOWNSHIP NJ

Baltimore Oriole eating an orange

Baltimore Oriole
Chris is ecstatic. We've put out oranges in late April for three years now. Each year, the orioles would build nests in a tree over the lake, but ignore our food. Today, we had our first oriole eat an orange.

Tanagers from Trinidad and Tobago

Silver-beaked Tanager



White-lined Tanager


Palm Tanager


Turquoise Tanager


We haven't been birding in NJ in a little while, but plan to soon. In the meantime, we are posting a few more photos from Trinidad and Tobago.

Scarlet Tanager

Scarlet Tanager

The Scarlet Tanager was our best find at Prospect Park in Brooklyn.

Nashville Warbler from Prospect Park

Warbler

Black and White Warbler

Black and White Warbler



Here are some photos of an early spring migrating bird, the black and white warbler. We visited Prospect Park in Brooklyn because the weather was supposed to be nice and there had been sightings of a prothonotary warbler. No such luck for us, but we did have some great pizza, red velvet cake and ice cream after birding in Brooklyn.

Photos by Catherine

 

Rose-breasted Grosbeak

 

White Throated Sparrow

Black-crowned Night Heron: Photo by Nelson

 

Night Heron-Taken on our piling in Stone Harbor

Common Morrhen: Photo by Wendy

 

Catbirds Return

Catbird at the Jelly Feeder



We look forward to the return of the gray catbird. Sometimes, this bird sounds like a crying baby. Sometimes, the catbird sounds like a cat. Sometimes, it has an upbeat, silly song.

Catbirds eat insects and come to jelly feeders.

Neighborhood Birds

Orchard Oriole

Yellow Warbler

Chickadee
We birded our neighborhood park this morning and ran into a few migrating birds.

Ochre-bellied flycatcher from Trinidad

Ochre-bellied flycatcher
We are still sneaking in a few birds from our trip to T&T. We have a few more to go.

Blue-chinned Sapphire sticking his tongue out.

Blue-chinned Sapphire
One more from Trinidad.