Unfortunately I Haven't Had Too Much Time For Birding Recently, So I Haven't Been Posting Much. I'll

Red-tailed Hawk

I love Red-tailed Hawks. They’re so beautiful.

I think this is Chlosyne nycteis - Silvery Checkerspot

Piranga olivacea - Scarlet Tanager

My second Scarlet Tanager, and this time it’s in my own backyard. He was very curious, and didn’t seem to be afraid of me. He’s an incredible bird.

There’s so many chickadees coming to my bird feeder right now.

Pitcher plants!

Distracted by Birds

I went outside to look for moths this morning since it's National Moth Week, and I had my camera with me to take pictures. I ended up finding a Barred Owl being yelled by Northern Cardinals and attacked by Blue Jays. I tried to get a picture of the Barred Owl, but the other birds scared it off.

Update: I just found out he likes blueberries.

Okay, so, one of my hissing cockroaches is eating the wood in his terrarium. I didn’t think that he’d eat the wood?? Maybe there’s something on it that he’s eating. The only other thing I know he’ll eat is strawberries and bananas. I’m still trying to find out what he likes.

Weird bird dream

Okay, so, I had a really weird dream last night that kinda turned into a nightmare. It was morning, and I woke up to the sound of a huge flock of starlings, so I got up and looked out the window and, as suspected, there was a huge flock of starlings, but then it just kept getting bigger until the sky was covered in birds. It wasn't just starlings anymore, it was crazy. The world got really dark, but once the birds passed everything seemed pretty normal. EXCEPT!!! There were all sorts of cool birds all over the place, a really rare bird came to the bird feeder, I can't really remember what it was, but it was so cool. I grabbed my camera and tried to take pictures of it. Key word: tried. My camera wasn't working and the rare bird flew away. Then I woke up feeling really disappointed.

Leucophaeus atricilla - Laughing Gull