Bird sighting
Jun. 22nd, 2013 01:30 pmGetting the description down before I go look it up.
Ground bird--was sititng on a rock in our back yard, then ran off rather than fly off. Fairly large-robin or bluejay size, can't tell exactly. Mottled/spotted breast of dark spots on white, with the white picking up a reddish tinge as it goes down the abdomen. Beak like a jay, so it's an insect eater rather than a seed eater. Head smooth, no crest that I could see. Back and wings (when closed) dark brown. Tail points down like a jay, rather than up like a roadrunner.
Now off to look for the bird online and in my dad's old field guide.
ETA: No hard ID, but I'm inclined to a thrasher or a thrush.
Ground bird--was sititng on a rock in our back yard, then ran off rather than fly off. Fairly large-robin or bluejay size, can't tell exactly. Mottled/spotted breast of dark spots on white, with the white picking up a reddish tinge as it goes down the abdomen. Beak like a jay, so it's an insect eater rather than a seed eater. Head smooth, no crest that I could see. Back and wings (when closed) dark brown. Tail points down like a jay, rather than up like a roadrunner.
Now off to look for the bird online and in my dad's old field guide.
ETA: No hard ID, but I'm inclined to a thrasher or a thrush.
Wildlife report!
Jun. 8th, 2013 09:34 pmFor this evening's walk, ![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
myrialux and I crossed the boulevard that separates our subdivision from the neighboring one and took a long walk all the way around the (paved) jogging trail that winds around a park. The park has a stream meandering trhough it that is dammed to create a large duck pond up at one end and a creek at the other end. The wildlife report includes two bunnies, two robins, a whole bunch of what I assume were purple martins circling purple martin houses, a bunch of other birds I couldn't see long enugh to identify, a school of small but very fast fish, and a snapping turtle!
myrialux got a couple of pics of the turtle. This is the one that came out.
( turtle! )
myrialux and I crossed the boulevard that separates our subdivision from the neighboring one and took a long walk all the way around the (paved) jogging trail that winds around a park. The park has a stream meandering trhough it that is dammed to create a large duck pond up at one end and a creek at the other end. The wildlife report includes two bunnies, two robins, a whole bunch of what I assume were purple martins circling purple martin houses, a bunch of other birds I couldn't see long enugh to identify, a school of small but very fast fish, and a snapping turtle!myrialux got a couple of pics of the turtle. This is the one that came out.( turtle! )
