A male Mallard stepped out of the shadows near Kingston Lock.
American Oystercatchers in an Ocean City salt marsh.
For weeks now, walking along Salisbury Road, Blue Spring Road, Jackson Avenue, and Garfield Way, I have been picking up the dry, mechanical trill of Chipping Sparrows from the pines and conifers lining the streets. I started keeping a rough tally. Six, sometimes eight on a single walk. They are clearly there. They just rarely...
Watching a backyard full of American Goldfinches shift from winter grey to spring yellow.