Yesterday we drove around Falls Lake Recreation Area after George was back on the ground and Rebecca and Melissa had headed back to the house to get some work done. It was another hot Carolina day, but we came up with a few birds.
and as always, a great blue heron…
Today we drove out to Eno River State Park. Most of the birds were at the tree tops, but we saw enough on the trail to make our outing worthwhile, especially my first wood thrush!
Since arriving in North Caroloina we have seen several of the same birds around every bend….northern mockingbirds, gray catbirds, brown thrashers, northern cardinals. In submitting to eBird I’ve discovered that what I assumed were black-capped chickadees are actually Carolina chickadees. The wrens in the backyard - of course they’re Carolinas too.
Here around the house a family of red-bellied woodpeckers fly in and out of the back yard, two young ones, and the mother.
And within a few feet of the deck, at my eye level…….a cardinal on the nest.
Tomorrow we begin our trek back to the cool and rainy north. I’ll miss the abundance of birds that we’ve found here.