BirdingGirl

I believe this is Vincent, Townsend, Diana and Dawn Fine (our organizer) Love this shot of Cindy & Dan as the sun started coming out. Group shot in front of the community garden: Townsend, Catherine, Cindy, Vincent, Mardi & Dawn. Back on October 16th we had our Connecticut annual BwBTC trip (Birders who Blog, Tweet, Chirp), organized by Dawn Fine of Dawn's Bloggy Blog and led by Luke Tiller of Under Clear Skies . We met at Allen's Meadow in Wilton, CT. This is right near Steve's parents' house in Fairfield so it worked out really well. We just drove down Friday night so it wouldn't be a problem getting up for the 7:30am meet time. We spent our time at Allen's Meadow looking for sparrows in the community garden that was past its peak now that summer's over. We also walked around the outskirts, near the edge of the woods. There were lots of soccer games going on (incidentally Steve's mom said she used to bring his little sister there for games whe...

I only birded for a couple of hours in Presidio Park while in San Francisco, but I was excited to see some birds I had never seen before. Female Anna's Hummingbird: Male Anna's Hummingbird: I especially like this profile one: The hummingbirds at Presidio Park were so fun to watch. I first noticed them as I was walking down the Park Presidio Blvd. corridor of sequoia redwoods. I kept hearing this weird wheezing noise and would stop to look for the bird but couldn't find it. It wasn't until I got into the main park, near Mountain Lake , that I realized that wheezing noise was coming from the hummingbirds! I'm no expert at hummingbirds (and especially not West Coast ones) but Anna's Hummingbird was the closest match to my photos and is also very common in the Presidio Park. I also saw my first Wilson's Warbler: This was another tricky ID for me because I had trouble finding pictures where the black cap comes down the nape of its neck as you can see in the fi...