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Mousetoescamper

(5,138 posts)
Mon May 6, 2024, 07:09 PM May 2024

Foggy day bird walk

Migratory songbirds are on the move! I couldn't let today's fog, drizzle and cloudy skies keep me off of the trail. Taken at Lancaster County Central Park in Lancaster, PA.

Common yellowthroat




Downy woodpecker




Catbird




Eastern bluebird


Phoenix?






Northern rough-winged swallows






Mourning dove




Goldfinches




Song sparrow


Brown thrasher





Wood thrush




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Foggy day bird walk (Original Post) Mousetoescamper May 2024 OP
Very nice! Diamond_Dog May 2024 #1
Thanks! Mousetoescamper May 2024 #7
Great photos, wonderful collection! Walleye May 2024 #2
Thanks! Mousetoescamper May 2024 #8
Wow! Nice! TeamProg May 2024 #3
Thanks! Mousetoescamper May 2024 #9
Wow. These are great. Thanks for sharing, Mousetoes. brer cat May 2024 #4
Thanks and you're welcome! Mousetoescamper May 2024 #10
What a nice... 2naSalit May 2024 #5
Thanks! Mousetoescamper May 2024 #11
Wonderful, wonderful photos, my dear Mousetoescamper! CaliforniaPeggy May 2024 #6
Thanks! Mousetoescamper May 2024 #12
I have no words. Easterncedar May 2024 #13
Thanks and you're welcome! Mousetoescamper May 2024 #14
Hmm. It just occurred to me to wonder Easterncedar May 2024 #15
Just don't call me late for supper Mousetoescamper May 2024 #16
Hee hee! Thanks for the story Easterncedar May 2024 #17

Diamond_Dog

(34,615 posts)
1. Very nice!
Mon May 6, 2024, 07:15 PM
May 2024

Love your nature and bird photos. The Mourning Dove photo is my favorite. And the little Song Sparrow singing away.

CaliforniaPeggy

(152,071 posts)
6. Wonderful, wonderful photos, my dear Mousetoescamper!
Mon May 6, 2024, 07:34 PM
May 2024

The birds were really showing off today, posing for you.

And the trees and shrubs, along with the flowers, were cooperating too.

One of the flowering shrubs in the middle looks a lot like my oak-leaf hydrangeas. They are beautiful.

The whole thread is a treat for my eyes!!

Mousetoescamper

(5,138 posts)
12. Thanks!
Mon May 6, 2024, 08:20 PM
May 2024

That's a flowering white dogwood, native to Pennsylvania. The flowering of the trees and shrubs is winding down. Soon the summer foliage will make it more difficult to find the birds.



Easterncedar

(3,521 posts)
15. Hmm. It just occurred to me to wonder
Tue May 7, 2024, 06:12 AM
May 2024

Is it mouse toe scamper or mouse toes camper? And then I wonder why either way. Mouse toes are cute…

Mousetoescamper

(5,138 posts)
16. Just don't call me late for supper
Tue May 7, 2024, 08:37 AM
May 2024

It's a silly name with which I am stuck: Mouse-toe-scamper. Mouse toes works too.

It's in reference to an obscure song and an unfortunate late-night encounter with a house mouse while reaching for a box of crackers in a kitchen cabinet.

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