Taken w/Nikon COOLPIX P900 by Baron Lin.
Permission to access private property is required. Do not trespass.
Banded first year female with Sergio Harding from VDGIF. Location purposefully vague.
Continuing resident seen at private farm. Chased the resident NOMO before impaling a beetle on the barbed wire fence.
Continuing first year female previously banded by VDGIF earlier this year. Location purposefully vague.
My buddy "Butch" stopped by the yard today to pay me a visit.
Continuing rarity on our farm, which were documented breeding in 2017. Now he is the only remaining Shrike on the farm. Note he is banded by VDGIF. I welcome any birders to the farm to see him, but I must be present. My contact info is on my profile.
Resident banded male found perched in tree.
State Record for iNat. Lifer. My 2,500 iNat observation. 3 present. Found this morning by Evan Spears (easpears). Two left towards nightfall, but one still lingered.
Ruddy Duck, Oxyura jamaicensis (Gmelin, 1789). RUDU. Adult males. Bristow Village Park Lake, Bristow, Prince William Co., Virginia, USA. eBird documentation. Photo by David L. Govoni ©2015.
Cornell: www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Ruddy_Duck/id
Audubon: www.audubon.org/field-guide/bird/ruddy-duck
EOL: eol.org/pages/1048999/overview
Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruddy_Duck
Adult and immature perched in tree at edge of lake.