Bird of the Day

The Bird Calls Radio Bird of the Day for Thursday, Aug. 25, is the snow goose. In southern Connecticut, when I see snow geese, it’s usually a lone snow goose hanging out with a flock of Canada geese. They stand out like sore thumbs among the brown geese. Sometimes a snow goose is spotted during…

The Bird Calls Radio Bird of the Day for Wednesday, Aug. 24, is the rock pigeon. Why not feature the pigeon? They are certainly a big part of our birdscape here in New England, like it or not. Call them flying rats or whatever, pigeons are here to stay. Usually pigeons are found in cities…

The Bird Calls Radio Bird of the Day for Tuesday, Aug. 23, is the black-crowned night heron. The black-crowned night heron is a shortish, chunky heron. Adults are gray and blue and white, with a thick black stripe (or crown) on the head. Juveniles are mottled brown and tan. Like most herons, black-crowned night herons…

The Bird Calls Radio Bird of the Day for Monday, Aug. 22, is the dark-eyed junco. The dark-eyed junco is one of our common feeder birds in the winter, often hanging out with white-throated sparrows. They are, however, rarely seen on feeders as they stick to the ground to find their seed. That’s why it’s…

The Bird Calls Bird of the Day is the yellow-rumped warbler. The above photo was taken during the fall. Like many warblers and other songbirds, yellow-rumped warblers are less vibrantly colored during the fall than they are in the spring. The above photo shows why the bird is called a yellow-rumped warbler. They also have…

Happy Friday, everyone. The Bird of the Day is the American wigeon. Perhaps I’m jumping the gun a bit with this bird, but I’m eagerly awaiting the arrival of our duck migrants. The wigeon is one of the first ducks to pass through southern New England in the fall. As you can see from the…

Happy Friday, everyone. The Bird of the Day is the American wigeon. Perhaps I’m jumping the gun a bit with this bird, but I’m eagerly awaiting the arrival of our duck migrants. The wigeon is one of the first ducks to pass through southern New England in the fall. As you can see from the…

The Bird Calls Radio Bird of the Day for Thursday, Aug. 18, is the common tern. Several types of terns may be seen in New England, but the common tern is, well, the most common. They are a coastal bird so birders have to get to the ocean or Long Island Sound to see them.…

The Bird Calls Radio’s Bird of the Day for Wednesday, Aug. 17, is the white-breasted nuthatch. Last week (or so) I featured the red-breasted nuthatch as the Bird of the Day. Today, it’s the larger and more common (at least in southern New England) white-breasted nuthatch. I consider the white-breasted nuthatch one the “big three.”…