Green-Wood Birds in April

Sherry Felix

Rather than walk with the Linnaean Society’s field trip we drove. I injured my Achilles tendon and walking is painful. We cam across the group at Crescent Water and they excitedly beckoned us over. There was a Wilson’s Snipe there. It wasn’t as birdy a day as it could have been.

Wilson’s snipe (Gallinago delicata), Green-Wood Cemetery 4/15/2023
Wilson’s snipe (Gallinago delicata), Green-Wood Cemetery 4/15/2023
Wood Duck (Aix sponsa), Green-Wood Cemetery 4/15/2023
Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis), Green-Wood Cemetery 4/15/2023
Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis), Green-Wood Cemetery 4/15/2023
Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina), Green-Wood Cemetery 4/15/2023
Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus), Green-Wood Cemetery 4/15/2023
Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus), Green-Wood Cemetery 4/15/2023
Palm Warbler (Setophaga palmarum), Green-Wood Cemetery 4/15/2023

13 thoughts on “Green-Wood Birds in April”

  1. doerfpub 2023-04-30 / 4:05 pm

    Wood ducks are probably my second favorite duck (first is pintails) – so colorful.

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  2. I. J. Khanewala 2023-04-25 / 5:59 pm

    Wonderful photos of the snipe. We don’t see any of these species in our hemisphere. Would you like to add this collection to the birds of the week?

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    • Sherry Felix 2023-05-03 / 10:38 am

      Thanks. Finally got around to sharing this. Been dealing with tendonitis in my ankle and doctors.

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  3. Anne Lazarus 2023-04-23 / 2:10 pm

    Snipe is the best bird, and you saw it. 🎉

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  4. Dan Antion 2023-04-23 / 7:33 am

    These are wonderful captures, Sherry. I don’t remember ever seeing a Wilson’s snipe before. That’s a beautiful bird. I love seeing Flickers, and that’s a cool in-flight shot of the hawk.

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    • Sherry Felix 2023-04-24 / 9:36 am

      Thanks Dan. The difference between the Snipe and a Woodcock is the direction of the stripes on their heads.

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  5. Mark S 2023-04-23 / 7:15 am

    Wonderful picture of the Wilson’s Snipe! I have found it very difficult to get a good photo of the Wilson’s Snipe. Mainly because they see me before I see them.

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    • Sherry Felix 2023-04-24 / 5:39 pm

      This one was stuck under a bush between the path and the water. It didn’t know when way to run LOL.

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