indigo buntings – The Jersey Birder

The (bird) dog days of summer

An indigo bunting, photographed from below, sits on a bare tree branch below a deep blue sky.

We are in the “dog days” of summer. The dog star, Sirius, dips low on the horizon, and our canine companions, sapped by the heat, are low on energy. For birders, this time of year brings a lull in species sightings. The migrant warblers are in their northern breeding grounds, many weeks off from whenContinue reading “The (bird) dog days of summer”

Hanging at the Pole Farm ‘hot corner’

Baltimore oriole perched atop a tree trunk, with clear blue sky in background,

Every so often, I like to take a different tack when visiting my favorite birding spots. This morning at the Pole Farm, I headed to the Blackwell Road parking lot and crossed into Mercer Meadows. My hope was to get a few photos of indigo buntings, which often sing from the trees along the walkingContinue reading “Hanging at the Pole Farm ‘hot corner’”