Song Sparrow

Vultures of Dutch Gap

t appears these two Black Vultures were having quite the conversation. We were in a car not 50 feet from them and they did not move or even look at us. Very strange for this breed.

So Many Waxwings

So many Cedar Waxwings, so so many!! I only see them when I am with Parks Rountrey and today was a bonanza, thousands is not an exaggeration! I have so many photos to go through but here is a taste of what Parks, Michele Garrigan and I observed.

@Historic Tuckahoe thanks for your hospitality of allowing us onto the grounds.

Greater Yellowlegs - Lifer

Taken at a small swamp area outside Mathews VA, the Greater Yellowlegs was one of my several “lifers” on Friday.  The Greater Yellowlegs breed in the northern areas of Canada and migrate down to southern points throughout the North and Mid-atlantic coasts.  Sadly according to Audubon, the species has a high vulnerability rate due to climate changes throughout its breeding and migration routes.

Snow Bunting -Lifer!

What a fantastic day of photography and hanging with friends I had yesterday at Bethel Beach near Matthews VA.  Everything came into perfect sync and I was able to not only get this lifer, the Snow Bunting but 4-5 more which I will share over the next several days.

The Snow Buntings breed in the most northern areas of Canada and Greenland and while they do migrate to the US Atlantic states, they rarely make it as far south as Virginia according to the Audubon and All About Bird websites so this was a huge treat to see and photograph.

"Famous" Richmond American Kestrel (Male)

This male American Kestrel has become quite the famous Falcon this winter on the Flood Wall in Downtown Richmond.  I just had to get down there and try my hand at photographing him.