Friday, January 15, 2010

Winter Birds of Beidler Forest

The cold snap has finally ended! After eleven nights of below-freezing weather and daytime temperatures in the 30F-40Fs, today's high is well into the 60Fs! The warmer weather already has us talking about the return of spring migrants. Seems like it is too early, but it is only six weeks before the Yellow-throated Warblers begin singing, followed by the Northern Parula Warblers and by the end of March we will be spotting Prothonotary Warblers!

Here are a few of the winter residents we spotted from the boardwalk yesterday:

Blue-headed Vireo (Vireo solitarius)
Blue-headed Vireo at Audubon's Francis Beidler Forest by Mark Musselman
















Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia)
Black-and-white Warbler at Audubon's Francis Beidler Forest by Mark Musselman
Black-and-white Warbler at Audubon's Francis Beidler Forest by Mark Musselman





















Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus)
Northern Flicker at Audubon's Francis Beidler Forest by Mark Musselman

















Golden-crowned Kinglet (Regulus satrapa)
Golden-crowned Kinglet at Audubon's Francis Beidler Forest by Mark Musselman















Pileated Woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus)
Pileated Woodpecker at Audubon's Francis Beidler Forest by Mark Musselman























Pine Warbler (Dendroica striata)
Pine Warbler inspecting curled leaf at Audubon's Francis Beidler Forest by Mark Musselman
Pine Warbler inspecting curled leaf at Audubon's Francis Beidler Forest by Mark Musselman
























Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus)
Red-bellied Woodpecker inspecting under bark at Audubon's Francis Beidler Forest by Mark Musselman
























Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius)
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker with holly berries at Audubon's Francis Beidler Forest by Mark Musselman


















Barred Owl (Strix varia)
Barred Owls at their feeding perch at Audubon's Francis Beidler Forest by Mark Musselman

Images by Mark Musselman

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