Wow, How long has it been since I posted last?
I have been in New Jersey for eight weeks. I left my bird ID book at home, and what do you think? I saw a bunch of birds I couldn't ID.
There were many many coastal birds, little black birds that look like our mocking birds, and I even saw and osprey.
I have been home now for two weeks and I have gotten to see my cardinal family feeding its young.
We also have plenty of humming birds right now.
It is exceptionally hot outside- in the 100's- and the birds are lying low. One of the humming birds came to the feeder and he was so hot he sat there with his mouth open paning. When is the last time you saw a humming bird open its mouth? I got a picture of that. He hung out there for a while and I almost got a video, but there were many things going on with the family and I had no time.
I did get several videos of the osprey. We hung around for about a half hour watching the nestling and parents.