Category Archives: Birding Notes
May Birding Notes
Sheila’s Birding Notes for May, Early weeks have the migration continuing, with solitary sandpipers a possible species. Anhinga are abundant. The home-sites of red-cockaded woodpeckers are full of activity. Northern mockingbird, brown thrasher, and Eastern towhee are busy feeding their … Continue reading
Birding Notes for April
Sheila’s Birding Notes for April Overall the best month for Okefenokee birding due to migrations, courtship activities, & hatchings. Traveling warblers such as American redstart, Cape May , and black-throated blue briefly stop over. Potted sandpipers & barn swallows are … Continue reading
March Birding Notes
Sheila’s Birding Notes for March Increased mating activities cause the swamp to echo with the sounds of red-shouldered hawks and wild turkeys. Purple martins have gathered at their homes just ouside the swamp. Great blue herons are at the … Continue reading
February Birding Notes
Sheila’s Birding Notes for February Barred owl courtship is well underway, while osprey, sandhill crane, and brown-headed nuthatch are just beginning theirs. Pine warblers are heard trilling in the treetops. Wood duck are in pairs. During the last … Continue reading
January Birding Notes
Big numbers of birds winter throughout the swamp you will find Sandhill Crane and Ibis particularly abundant near the junction of Grand and Chesser prairies and in the vicinity of Gannet Lake. Wood Ducks, Hooded Mergansers, and teal can be … Continue reading
December Birding Notes
Sheila’s Birding Notes for December Wading birds and ducks are typical bird-types encountered in the wet areas. Gray catbirds call from thickets, and ruby-crowned kinglets fuss from the trees. A vermilion flycatcher may be here for one of its irregular … Continue reading
November 2011 Birding Notes
American robins and greater sandhill cranes arrive in flocks. Tree swallows are now abundant. Bald eagles are periodically seen in the area. White-throated sparrows can be heard rustling amoung the fallen leaves. Eastern phoebes call from exposed perches. Hermit thrushes … Continue reading
October 2011 Birding Notes
The month to be out in Autumn. Migration is at its peak, with American redstarts appearing routinely. other warblers seen include worm-eating, prairie, and blackthroated blue. Swainson’s thrushes come in as well, and Northern harriers might be observied hunting. Later … Continue reading
September 2011 Birding Notes
The great Fall movement picks up speed with various species of vireos, warblers and thrushes arriving on their way south. Mixed-flocks are typical occurrences, and identification is sometimes a challenge. Black and white warlbers are noticeable among the crowd in … Continue reading
August 2011 Birding
Fewer songs are heard as most birds have finished nesting. Common nighthawks continue to feed in the skies at dusk. Resident wood duck populations are at their peak with all ages of young present. Some migration is underway with a … Continue reading
