A Good Morning, 03/24/24

After a bleak and rainy Saturday that broke my “bad weather = good birding” rule in convincing fashion, I enjoyed a lovely, crisp, cold, and sunny Sunday morning of productive birding. I ran into Kyle Knapp at Lower Wisner Road, where we easily found my first Rusty Blackbirds of 2024; they were feeding with a small flock of American Robins out in a field. The Brown Thrasher that Kyle found skulking in some nearby hedges was an excellent bonus bird. Brown Thrasher is not a bird I see very often, so it was good to get one so early in the year.

~Brown Thrasher, Lower Wisner Road in Warwick, 03/24/24.~
~One of four Eastern Bluebirds on Lower Wisner Road, 03/24/24. I don’t know if it was the light, or what, but these birds were just spectacularly blue; just gorgeous.

Afterwards, I headed out to the black dirt to see what I could find. I was finally able to track down some Wilson’s Snipe – they were in an odd location to me – out in a field on Skinners Lane, loosely associating with nearly a dozen Killdeer. Later, at The Camel Farm, I was able to find my first American Pipits of the year; a trio of birds working around some of distant puddles out in the field.

~Three of four Wilson’s Snipe in the black dirt this morning, 03/24/24. The birds were a little bit distant, but still really good to see them.~
~Here’s a bird that I don’t see all that often, and I haven’t photographed in ages. American Tree Sparrow in the black dirt, 03/24/24.~
~One moe Eastern Bluebird shot, Lower Winsner Road 03/24/24.~

2 thoughts on “A Good Morning, 03/24/24”

  1. LOVE these Images!!!
    The Bluebirds DO shine….But, so great to see the others as well.
    Birding is finally getting interesting again in these parts.
    Thanks for sharing,
    Patty K.

    1. Thanks Patty. And, yes, it’s going to start getting good soon – I’m excited. To me, March is a tough month, but spring is here and it should be getting interesting sooner than later. Matt

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