Adventures in Birding

#65 and 66

We had a few days of warm weather and then we had a "Nor'easter" storm come through. Sometimes in early Spring when we have a snow storm, I'll get a few "rare" birds in my backyard, but none this time.

I saw #65, Great Blue Heron, at Landingville Dam on Wednesday this week. Then today I went out birding with a fellow local birder, and we heard #66, Ring-neck Pheasant. It's a questionable bird, because while they are wild birds, they're often bred and released for hunting. Still, it's in my bird book and it's in the Ebird lists, so it counts as a new sighting for the year!

Last year's first Spring bird sighting was an Eastern Phoebe on March 25th. They are often one of the first Spring birds to come through, so I'm looking forward to hearing their call soon!