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Winter Birdwatching!

January and February are months here in New England where there is nothing much happening other than occasional weather freakouts and bread and milk stock-ups. It's a time for me when I find it hard to leave the house sometimes, nevermind find photograph opportunities! So I headed to a place where I knew nature wasn't taking a break, Trustom Pond Wildlife Refuge, located in Charlestown, Rhode Island.


I love chubby little chickadees, but they are very hard to photograph! Hardly ever staying in place long enough to click the shutter, they fly and move so fast.


And here comes the sneaky little nuthatch. His feet and huge, perfect for climbing quietly down tree trunks and even hanging upside down.


A fuzzy little woodpecker was making a racket, and that's the only reason I even knew he was hiding here. That, and his bright red hat.


Above is the adorable little titmouse.


And here's another chickadee with a giant sunflower seed, perched on the edge of a birdfeeder near the station.

Fun with Birds and my new lens!

I've been toting around my new 300mm lens on weekends for those "what kind of bird is that?" sightings and occasional public bird feeder fun. Before I got this I was struggling to make out blurry blobs taken with my 105mm- so not enjoyable. I'm still learning, but it's incredibly hard to photograph birds! Anyway here are some of my shots from the last two weeks, species and location.

Tufted Titmouse, Mystic, CT
Red-tailed Hawk, Mystic, CT
Downy Woodpecker, birdfeeder at the Nature Center, Mystic, CT
Mourning Dove (sleepy!), Mystic, CT
Male Northern Cardinal, Trustom Pond, Charlestown, RI
Female Northern Cardinal, Trustom Pond, Charlestown, RI

Squirrel, stealing all the bird seed, feeders at the Trustom Pond welcome center, Charlestown, RI
Northern Mockingbird (thanks, Kristy!), South Kingstown, RI


White-throated sparrow, Trustom Pond, Charlestown, RI
American Starlings, at the Equinox Diner, Mystic, CT (yummy burgers there, BTW)

Mourning Dove, Mystic, CT
Nuthatch doing a tap dance, Mystic, CT
Black-capped Chickadee, Watchaug Pond, Charlestown, RI
Great Horned Owl, rescue inside the Denison Pequotsepos Nature Center, Mystic, CT
Downy Woodpecker (I think!), Nature Center, Mystic, CT
I also got to see my first ....Mole, crawling out of the ground near Trustom Pond. It was like a little gray mouse, but I couldn't see its face, he came out for some fallen birdseed and then disappeared... Not sure what kind of mole this is....  Here is the little guy...