DESPITE THE VERY HOT WEATHER, AUGUST TURNED OUT TO BE A PRETTY GOOD MONTH. I MADE MY USUAL ROUNDS ON MY USUAL TRAILS AT PENNYPACK TRUST AND PEACE VALLEY AND FOUND MY USUAL SUSPECTS. I ALSO SPENT A FEW DAYS WALKING THE BEACHES IN STONE HARBOR AND CAPE MAY IN SEARCH OF SHOREBIRDS-I WAS NOT DISAPPOINTED. NOTHING EXOTIC, BUT SOME COOL MORNINGS, NICE LIGHT AND SOME FAIRLY COOPERATIVE BIRDS LED TO SOME WELCOME PHOTO OPPS. AS USUAL, CLICK ON THE SLIDESHOW TAB IN THE UPPER RIGHT TO VIEW THE IMAGES AS A SLIDESHOW WITH MUSIC. ALL IMAGES ARE COPYRIGHT BY HARRIS BROWN AND MAY NOT BE USED FOR ANY PURPOSE WITHOUT WRITTEN PERMISSION. THANKS AND ENJOY
CAROLINA CHICKADEE 789-048
BLUE JAY 814-056
CHIPPING SPARROW 818-138
FEMALE NORTHERN CARDINAL 818-070-2
FEMALE RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER 810-117
MALE RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER 811-023
MALE DOWNY WOODPECKER 795-093
MALE HAIRY WOODPECKER 809-141
WHITE-BREASTED NUTHATCH 810-001
WHITE-BREASTED NUTHATCH 817-026
MALE TREE SWALLOW 823-044
BARN SWALLOW 874-108
BABY EASTERN BLUEBIRD 833-182
MALE EASTERN BLUEBIRD 861-066
MALE EASTERN BLUEBIRD 832-166
FEMALE AND MALE EASTERN BLUEBIRD 826-059
JUVENILE BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERON 892-052
ADULT BALD EAGLE 867-141
GREAT EGRET 875-048
LEAST TERN 862-062
nice work again, harris. nice to see you cooling off in the water, also. it is great that you can be comfortable in that position...young man!
i had heard rumors you and some other birders i know fell in together and got some rarities near the shore recently. like maybe the brig, i dont remember. is that rumor true? if so, what did you see and what photos (if so) did you get?
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