re: Birds at your Feeder: 2024

I've had two consecutive pairs of bluebirds raise successful clutches in an old woodpecker nest in a power pole so far this year...I've already posted pictures of the first group, including fledging day, ITT...I missed the fledging of the second group, but here are a few pics of the parents at the nest...

Watched my mom's feeder on Sunday for a bit.

Tufted Titmouse






Carolina Chickadee





Female Cardinal




also found a ring-necked snake that I picked up to show my nieces. My oldest niece even held it herself.



and a spotted cucumber beetle that I probably should have squashed.

I did not see it, but my Merlin app picked up a Common Nighthawk the other night - which i thought was cool as hell.

that is amazing.

we have a ton of birds, but the other day a Hawk tried to snag a Mourning Dove from the yard, and all of a sudden 8 crows came out of nowhere and fricked that hawk up

I used the birdnet app on Sunday while we were sitting on my parents' porch because I heard a call that I didn't recognize. Turns out it was a Summer Tanager.

Saw two types of birds that I'd never ID'd or photographed yesterday at Fort Pickens:


Common Nighthawk



Frigatebird




Took this one of a blue heron because I liked its hair.








Went to Blackwater River State Park on Sunday, and hiked around Bear Lake. Saw some cool stuff there.



Pileated Woodpecker








Orchard Oriole





King Bird





baby bluebird





Bald Eagle






Parent and child eagle from about 400 yards away
https://i.imgur.com/quKprqh.mp4 (video)

No birds again, but more bugs.

Maple Clearwing Moth


Twice Stabbed Lady Beetle (the seventh native lady beetle I've seen this year around my place)


Illustrious Greenbottle Fly


Hornworm Tachinid Fly (this one is a good fly, its larvae are parasites of hornworms and other caterpillars that damage vegetables and other plants)


No common name for this one, but another parasitic fly


Large Milkweed Bug


American Snout (the derpiest of butterflies)


American Lady

Came across a Great Egret at the park up the road Sunday between storms.Had an 18mm-55mm lens on so didn't get a big close up but was cool enough (we only get Egrets here when they're migrating).

Haven't gotten much birding in the last two weeks because it's rained damn near every single day.

Grapeleaf Skeletonizer Moth


Yellow-collared Scape Moth


And this pic just annoys me. It is a Wrinkled Soldier Beetle (a beneficial) that was just out of focus to keep it from being a cool pic.


Hidalgo Mason Wasp

Some miscellaneous shots