January 2009 wildlife sightings
January 31st, 2009 by Brianna
Red-bellied Woodpecker (in the photo above)
Blue Jay
Northern Cardinal
European Starling
Red-winged Blackbird
White-winged Dove
Red-tailed Hawk
Great-tailed Grackle
Carolina Wren
various other unidentified sparrows and wrens
Eastern Fox Squirrel, including one albino squirrel who lives in our neighborhood:
I’ve seen the albino squirrel around the neighborhood often over the past 6 months or so, but this is the first time I’ve been able to photograph it.
I should probably also mention that I’m not entirely sure I’d know the difference between a Great-tailed Grackle and a Common Grackle unless I saw them side by side, so the grackle listing above may be incorrect or incomplete.
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February 1st, 2009 at 7:10 pm
Lovely photo. I went out to pick up the paper this morning and there were two owls above me in the tree. One flew away and he was pretty big. They continued to call to each other. Not sure what kind but I am happy that I have a pair close by and I don’t mind if he gets a hold of the hispid cotton rats we have in the garden.
Ooh, I’d love to see an owl in our neighborhood. Our next door neighbor has an owl box, but I think it’s inhabited by squirrels.
-Brianna