Birds Archives - Adrienne Eaton

Eastern Towhee – Durham, North Carolina

Anna’s Hummingbird – Edmonds, Washington

Cooper’s Hawk Family Meal – Isla Vista, California

Green Heron – Isla Vista, California

Green Heron at Devereux Slough in Isla Vista, California

Eared Grebe – Isla Vista, California

Eared Grebe in Devereux Slough, Isla Vista, California

Snowy Egret – Oakland, California

Snowy Egret mucking around near Lake Merritt in Oakland, California.

Juvenile Black-crowned Night Heron – Oakland, California

Juvenile Black-Crowned Night Heron poking around the fountain at Lake Merritt in Oakland, California.

An Urban Black-Crowned Night Heron – Oakland, California

Adult Black-Crowned Night Heron relaxing in the park near Lake Merritt, Oakland

Bushtit Nest, Isla Vista California

This nest is hanging right outside the window of our little grad-student apartment on west campus. It’s no longer being used, but the occasional bushtit comes by to peck at it.

Hanging Bushtit Nest in Isla Vista, California

Bird Sightings

Notable birds that I’ve photographed recently.
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Sharp-shinned (or Cooper’s) Hawk

This small, elegant hawk was hunting in the front yard in Harrisonburg, Virginia shortly after Christmas. I’m mostly certain it’s a sharp-shinned hawk.

Group of Sanderlings, Palm Beach

Lone Sanderling, Palm Beach

Golden-crowned Kinglet, Harrisonburg

A Golden-crowned Kinglet, singing in my backyard,

Golden-crowned Kinglet — and displaying the golden crown.

Carolina Wren, Harrisonburg

This guy stopped to scratch himself while singing loudly on a very warm Christmas Day in Harrisonburg, Virginia.

Red-winged Blackbird, Cambridge

Red-winged Blackbird calling in Danehy Park, Cambridge

Tree Swallow, Cambridge

Trimming his nest box by the Fresh Pond, Cambridge, MA.