There has never been such a thing as unspoiled nature. Few, if any, regions can be characterized as pristine. But that does not mean that nature and wild(ish) things are not beautiful! We should try to capture this beauty whenever we can. With that in mind, I’ve recently started documenting the different wild birds that I encounter on my day-to-day (and while traveling). Here are some of them.
Please let me know if you think I have mislabeled any of these birds. I am still pretty new to this! I use and recommend Cornell’s wonderful Merlin Bird ID app to identify and keep track of different bird species.
Red-tailed Hawk (Watertown, MA)
Northern Cardinal, male (Watertown, MA)
Mute Swan (Arlington, MA)
Blue Jay (Watertown, MA)
Chimango Caracara (Torres del Paine, Chile)
Baltimore Oriole (Watertown, MA)
White-breasted Nuthatch (Watertown, MA)
Brown-headed Cowbird (Watertown, MA)
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Watertown, MA)
House Sparrow (Somerville, MA)
Black-and-white Warbler (Watertown, MA)
American Robin (Somerville, MA)
Song Sparrow (Somerville, MA)
Downy Woodpecker, male (Stoneham, MA)
American Redstart, female (Watertown, MA)
Chipping Sparrows (Watertown, MA)
Northern Cardinal, female (Leesburg, VA)
Northern Parula (Watertown, MA)
Red-winged Blackbird (Watertown, MA)
Common Grackles (Cambridge, MA)
Mallard, male (Arlington, MA)
European Starling (Somerville, MA)
Northern Mockingbird (Leesburg, VA)
Canada Goose (Boston, MA)
Black-capped Chickadee (Stoneham, MA)
Great Egret (Saugus, MA)
Mourning Dove (Watertown, MA)
Great Crested Flycatcher (Watertown, MA)
Turkey Vulture (Leesburg, VA)
Brown Thrasher (Leesburg, VA)
House Finch (Somerville, MA)
Blue-headed Vireo (Watertown, MA)
Double-crested Cormorant (Saugus, MA)