A collection of my bird and nature photos
Tag: <span>dove</span>

Tag: dove

Birding at Rocky Mountain Arsenal NWR: Featuring an American Kestrel (9/23/25)

It rained all morning, so we were forced to bird from the car. Along the entrance road on the fences to the right, we saw western meadowlark, black-billed magpie, and American kestrel. We drove around Wildlife Drive and added European starling, double-crested cormorant, mourning dove, …

Birding at Cape Henlopen State Park: Featuring a Green Heron (7/30/25)

We birded along the south end of Gordon’s Pond Trail from the parking lot to the observation deck. Some of the birds we identified were red-winged blackbird, snowy egret, great egret, green heron, black-necked stilt, short-billed dowitcher, indigo bunting, semipalmated plover, laughing gull, common yellowthroat, …

Birding at John S Taylor Park: Featuring a Pied-Billed Grebe (1/30/25)

We walked the path around Taylor Lake. This path was mostly along the shoreline but it went through some wooded areas as well. Birds we saw included ring-billed gull, pied-billed grebe, green heron, American anhinga, white ibis, American coot, blue-gray gnatcatcher, palm warbler, common gallinule, …

Birding at Cape Henlopen State Park: Featuring a Downy Woodpecker (11/6/24)

I went on a field trip with the Sussex Bird Club to Cape Henlopen State Park. First, we walked around the 2.6-mile-long Walking Dunes Trail. Some of the birds we identified along this trail included red-winged blackbird, downy woodpecker, brown-headed nuthatch, Cooper’s hawk, northern harrier, …