Friday, August 28, 2020

California Birds & More: 2-20





Prairie Falcon






California Sea Lion











Mute Swan





Tundra Swans




Lewis and Clark provided the first written description of the Tundra Swan during their expedition to the West, where the birds’ whistle-like calls prompted Meriwether Lewis to dub them “whistling swans.”








Natural Tunnel State Park, VA: 8-20








Male American Goldfinch




Female Eastern Bluebird
 The state bird of both New York and Missouri





Black Vulture




BirdMobile at our campsite





We are standing at Lover's Leap







Wednesday, August 26, 2020

Blue Ridge Parkway: 8-20





Red Milk Beetle on Tickseed





Clouded Sulphur Butterfly





Common Wood-Nymph 





Common Green June Beetle on Common Milkweed





Eastern Tiger Swallowtail Butterly 







Tuesday, August 25, 2020

Virginia Arboretum: 7-20




Lincoln's Sparrow




Cooper's Hawk





House Finch
 



House Wren





Eastern Kingbird