Birds of a Feather is back with our new blog, Birding and Bonding! Our previous objective remains the same. Our goal is to find all birds that live on Long Island year round. The only rule is that in order to add a bird to our list, we must see it when we are together. That's where the bonding comes in. Life can get so hectic that we sometimes fail to enjoy the more important things. This gives us a wonderful outlet to make sure we take the time.

Of course, Long Island has many migratory birds, as well. We certainly don't want to ignore them. We will blog about them as well. Armed with new cameras and renewed incentive, we look forward to getting back on the birding trail!

Friday, July 9, 2010

Weekend Warriors

My husband and I went away last weekend.  It was a beautiful day, you could see the moon in the afternoon sky. 

And even though San wasn't by my side, we did go for a hike in search of birds native to the area we were visiting in Virgina.  The State bird of Virginia is the Cardinal and they indeed were plentiful.

Try as we might sitting in my brothers backyard which is over 5 acres of land, we couldn't find any birds that we hadn't already seen.  So the next day we went on a nature hike to:   Windsor Castle Park in search of birds and the like.  We saw Swallows, Blue Jays, Mockingbirds, Carolina Wrens, Turkey Vultures and of course Cardinals.

It was very, very hot even though it was early in the morning, so we only hiked for about an hour.  There were quite a few birds that didn't mind getting their picture taken.  So all in all it was a great trip.  San would have loved it.
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