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Eye of Ochruros - 2013: August 2012
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Eye of Ochruros - 2013. Tuesday, 28 August 2012. Ochruros Musings and a Good Staffs Day. The Ochruros season came to a poignant end, watching a lone bird hopping about on roofs from an elevated urban watchpoint. I can now reveal that Martyn. And I kept tabs on two separate presumed single males from spring into summer. It was an absolute privilege to watch these charismatic urban dwelling birds right from the very heart of the conurbation,. Summer birds, which gives me great hope as it is though that 1.
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Eye of Ochruros - 2013: Cape May - Part 5
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Eye of Ochruros - 2013. Friday, 14 June 2013. Cape May - Part 5. Monday morning. Back in the Belleplain once again. Another bash at Prothonotary Warbler. As the Beanery had failed to produce so far, perhaps we'd have more joy around Sunset Bridge and Beaver Dam? By now the songs of White-eyed and Red-eyed Vireos had become familiar to our ears. According to Sibley Red-eyed Vireo says ‘Here I am, in the tree.’. White-breasted Nuthatch - Photo courtesy Richard Powell. There was a big fall of hirundines inc...
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Eye of Ochruros - 2013: April 2013
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Eye of Ochruros - 2013. Tuesday, 9 April 2013. 6th and 7th April 2013. And now for something completely different. Not quite Cairngorm; this is snow-capped Titterstone Clee in Shropshire. Although I hadn't been here before, it was a good call by Martyn to go and look for Ring Ouzel and other passage migrants. Ring Ouzel - image supplied by Martyn Yapp. The Scaup was still present and we also noted 2 Willow Tit, 4 GS Woodpecker, 1 Curlew, 1 Redshank, 2 Snipe, 12 Goosander and 4 singing Chiffchaff. Scaup -...
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Eye of Ochruros - 2013: Cape May - Part 2
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Eye of Ochruros - 2013. Tuesday, 28 May 2013. Cape May - Part 2. At 730am we joined a guided walk. At Belleplain Forest State Park. Lead by CMBO guides. More of a travelling convoy than a walk really, stopping off at key spots within the forest for breeding species, although there were also migrants moving through. Ders are a little spoilt. All perfectly logical then. After pizza we moved on to another spot, slightly more open, with fields on the opposite side of the road to woodland. Here we had Blu...
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Eye of Ochruros - 2013: March 2012
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Eye of Ochruros - 2013. Wednesday, 28 March 2012. Otmoor, Foxcote and a Suburban Surprise. Visited Oxfordshire over the weekend and spent a fair bit of time exploring Otmoor RSPB. A place with potential, however many species here could well be in trouble given the current low water levels, particularly if this warm dry spell continues. Filthy dirty toads - image courtesy of Mark Rayment. The feeding station offered some dude photo opportunities. Foxcote Reservoir, Buckinghamshire. Thursday, 15 March 2012.
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Eye of Ochruros - 2013: Cape May - Part 3
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Eye of Ochruros - 2013. Sunday, 2 June 2013. Cape May - Part 3. It was World Series of Birding. Day A big sponsored bird race thingy, with teams competing across the State of New Jersey to record as many birds as possible within the allocated 24 hours. And all for Charity too. We had other plans however; Prothonotary. At any rate, it didn’t appear that the World Series birders were needing any of our help; youth birding group and fellow Hyland Inners ‘The Eaglets’. So here we were at The Beanery. This is...
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Eye of Ochruros - 2013: January 2013
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Eye of Ochruros - 2013. Monday, 21 January 2013. 12th and 13th Jan 2013. At Stubbers Green early doors, an adult Caspian Gull didn't disappoint, despite the gathering of gulls being very small on this occasion. A classic specimen of Caspo, no question. No Iceland though and we didn't hang around. Also here, 5 Great Black-backed Gulls and 1 Common Gull, 5 Goosander and the omnipresent flyover Lesser Redpoll. Things were looking up when a drake Scaup dropped in. Presumably Tufty x Scaup hybrid? Next the fi...
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Eye of Ochruros - 2013: Cape May - Part 4
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Eye of Ochruros - 2013. Sunday, 2 June 2013. Cape May - Part 4. The Osprey boat trip came highly recommended by Richard as a great way to explore the saltmarshes and get closer to birds such as Ospreys, herons and waders. The 3 hour sailing began at 10.00am, so we killed some time at Higbee first, with the main highlight being a fine male American Redstart. Most notable of the waders was a big passage of Hudsonian Whimbrel. We counted around 200 birds, although there were probably many more. Othe...On th...
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Eye of Ochruros - 2013: December 2012
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Eye of Ochruros - 2013. Monday, 31 December 2012. 2012The Year That Was Part 1. 2013 is back to basics year. In the meantime here are my 2013 highlights:. Back to local birding again, a near-adult Iceland Gull was at Stubber's Green. Near adult Iceland Gull at Stubbers - the bird is now here again and fully matured. Image courtesy Martyn Yapp. On the 25th Feb I saw both Spanish Sparrow and Dark-eyed Junco in Hampshire. Spanish Sparrow at Calshot. Glossy Ibis in Dorset. 10th March was a highly decent day ...
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Eye of Ochruros - 2013: May 2013
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Eye of Ochruros - 2013. Tuesday, 28 May 2013. Cape May - Part 2. At 730am we joined a guided walk. At Belleplain Forest State Park. Lead by CMBO guides. More of a travelling convoy than a walk really, stopping off at key spots within the forest for breeding species, although there were also migrants moving through. Ders are a little spoilt. All perfectly logical then. After pizza we moved on to another spot, slightly more open, with fields on the opposite side of the road to woodland. Here we had Blu...
