It’s been a crazy week, very busy with life. I’ve added 6 Yard FOYs this week, but unfortunately haven’t been able to get photos of the Osprey, House Wren, Northern Harrier, Broad-winged Hawk or Eastern Kingbird.
Finally this morning while I was working on my computer, I caught a sight of one of my most wanted yard birds strolling down my backyard—
Wild Turkey (above microphone). Unfortunately my camera wouldn’t turn on so all I got were a few doc shots with my iPhone.
I’ve been scanning a hillside 3 miles away looking for Wild Turkeys, hoping to catch a glimpse of one above the wildlife management area. I could only dream of one walking through the yard, but fortunately I was home today and saw this bird with my peripheral vision.
iPhone shot cropped even more, you can kinda see the Wild Turkey.
Migrants are streaming into Central New Jersey, but its been a bit slow and disappointing in my yard. A storm a few days ago dropped scoters and terns on the reservoirs, but I wasn’t able to see any from my yard. Still no warblers on the ground–hopefully I’ve got some on my nightly recordings.
I’ve been recording each night, but with rain almost every night I haven’t heard much. I still have to review the recordings–hopefully there are some goodies in there. This is the peak of Virginia Rail migration, and sometimes they call in flight. Same with American Bittern and some other goodies–hopefully I’ll find one on my recordings. Lots of work to try and find birds during the day, and go through the nightly recordings!
