Category Archives: best birds of year

2019 Birds (September-December)

Grey Heron – ESP

White Stork – ESP

Eurasian Hoopoe – ESP

Purple Swamphen – ESP

Common Moorhen -ESP

Bald Eagle – VT

Northern Shrike – VT

We are enjoying a nice array of winter birds and looking forward to a road trip to Florida in late January to bird a bit without frosty hands – our first outing with our new birding assistant – Ginger Ale.

2019 Birds (July-September)

The acquisition of a puppy in July slowed up the birding while we focused on Ginger Ale, whose photo I will include at the end of this post.

An Eastern Meadowlark – VT

Common Yellowthroat -VT

Great Blue Heron -VT

Bald Eagle -VT

Monarch Butterfly in early September – VT

5.3 pounds of energy when we got her.

Now 19 pounds and still full of pep.

2019 Birds – (April-June)

Northern Cardinals: in the crisp April morning air – VT

Canada Geese out back – VT

Tree, Barn, and Bank Swallows coming and going at Berlin Pond _VT

Black-necked Stilt – San Elijo Lagoon – CA -June

Long-billed Curlew -CA

Ridgeway’s Rail _ CA

What’s not to like about a Red-winged Blackbird against a blue June sky? VT

2019 Birds – (Jan-March)

It’s getting to that time when listings of the best of the year come out for many things. Here are some of my best birds of the first quarter of 2019 – nice to remember on a cold December spitting snow day.

We took an abbreviated trip to Florida and later spent several weeks in Arizona.

Loggerhead Shrike at Fontainebleau State Park

Anhinga catching the rays.

Great Egret in Louisiana.

Broad-billed Hummers posing in the sun at Madera Canyon Lodge.

A Bewick’s Wren.

Vermillion Flycatcher.

Acorn Woodpeckers are raucous and fun to watch.

This Rivoli’s Hummingbird was a life bird

Elegant Trogon

Violet-crowned Hummingbird