Showing posts with label Spring. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Spring. Show all posts

Sunday, May 22, 2011

May 22, 2011: Spring Plants At Home

Flebaine Daisies
One of the berry bushes on the side of the house
The colorful pansies my parents gave us

Sunday, May 08, 2011

May 8, 2011: Birding Tifft Farm Nature Preserve (Buffalo, NY)

We returned to Tifft Farm for the second straight day today...
Baltimore Oriole
Above and Below: Eastern Screech Owls!
Yellow Flower
Above and Below: Blackburnian Warbler

Above and Below: Black Throated Blue Warbler

Red Admiral
Palm Warbler


Saturday, April 30, 2011

April 30, 2011: Birding Tifft Farm in Buffalo, and Williamsville Glen

We started out today doing some early Spring birding at Tifft Farm in Buffalo
Eastern Phoebe
Painted Turtle
Canada Goose
American Crow
Blue-Grey Gnatcatcher
Muskrat
Green Heron
Tree Swallow
White-Throated Sparrow
Ruby-Crowned Kinglet
Brown Thrasher
Ring-Necked Duck
Downy Woodpecker
House Wren

A few shots from the Williamsville Glen (Amherst State Park)
Palm Warbler
Lesser Celandine
Red-Tailed Hawk
Field Sparrow (taken at home)

Saturday, May 01, 2010

May 1, 2010: Blooming Trees At Home

A few photos of Spring time blooms in the backyard
 Apple Blossoms
Serviceberry

Sunday, April 18, 2010

April 18, 2010: Flowers At Home (Spring Time!)

A photo of our Mayapples, Ground Ivy, and Trillium coming up for the Spring!
Ground Ivy
Mayapple
Trillium

Sunday, April 04, 2010

April 4, 2010: Birding Iroquois, and Braddock Bay

We drove around today to several locations birding in Western and Central New  York....


Iroquois NWR:
Above and Below: Green Winged Teal

Ring Necked Duck


Tinker Nature Preserve: Henrietta, NY
Eastern Bluebird
Painted Turtle
Yellow-Bellied Sapsucker


Wednesday, March 17, 2010

March 17, 2010: Iroquois National Wildlife Refuge

Today we birded briefly at Iroquois and only found one photo, but it's a nice one of a Hooded Merganser.

Friday, April 18, 2008

April 18, 2008: Iroquois NWR Birding

We took a nice early Spring hike at Iroquois NWR this evening, and got a few nice shots, and a few "First of Year" bird sightings.

Early Willow blooms

Canada Goose

Buffleheads

Flying waterfowl (Shovelers and Green Winged Teals)
Migrating Caspian Terns
Flyover female Shovelers
Greater Yellowlegs
Eastern Phoebe (first of year)

For maps of Iroquois NWR, see my April 22, 2007 post