The windy weather forecast kept me at home this morning.  So Rich and the cats and I had a lazy morning.  It can be nice to stay at home and enjoy your backyard birds, too!

I’m pretty sure there is a Brown Thrasher nest in the backyard.  I’ve been seeing Brown Thrashers in the yard regularly for the last two weeks, always near the back rose bed.  Last week I saw both birds together, but since then, I’ve only been seeing one at a time. Wouldn’t it be fun to see the baby thrashers learning how to fly?  It’d be as much fun as watching their father enjoy our birdbath…

On our walk tonight we ran into a Cooper’s Hawk near Black Lake.  Better down there than up by our yard!  He sat on somebody’s roof and watched as I got closer and closer…

The Bald Eagles continue to have a presence in the neighborhood.  I think they fly over Stoneybrook to Black Lake to gather food for their baby on the nest.  It’s quite convenient when they fly overhead in nice sunset light!

We also found a pair of Black-Necked Stilts down at the “Surprise Pond” behind Lakehurst.  That’s where I seem to find the most unusual birds in the neighborhood.  It was twilight and I couldn’t get a great picture, but here’s my “I really did see them!” proof.