Ross's Goose
1/18/26, Murray's Mill Pond
Red-ahouldered Hawk
1/17/26, back yard
Northern Cardinal
1/17/26, back yard
Pine Warbler
1/17/26, back yard
Eastern Bluebird
1/17/26, back yard
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
1/17/26, back yard
Orange-crowned Warbler
1/13/26, Cherryville
Red-shouldered Hawk
1/13/26, Cleveland County
Brown Headed Nuthatch
1/11/26, back yard
Cedar Waxwing
1/8/26, back yard
Pine Warbler
1/8/26, back yard
Eastern Bluebird
1/8/26, back yard
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
1/8/26, back yard
Song Sparrow
1/8/26, Harper Park, Stanley
White-throated Sparrow
1/8/26, Harper Park, Stanley
Eastern Bluebird
1/7/26, back yard
Blue Jay
1/7/26, back yard
Common Loon
1/4/26, Lake Norman
Golden-crowned Kinglet
12/25/25, back yard
Eastern Bluebird
12/25/25, back yard
Ring-billed Gull
11/17/25, Lake Norman
Carolina Chickadee
12/14/25, back yard
Red Knot
11/22/25, Huntington Beach State Park
Forster's Tern
11/22/25, Huntington Beach State Park
Common Grackle
11/22/25, pier at Myrtle Beach State Park
Red Knot
11/21/25, Huntington Beach State Park
Mink
11/21/25, Huntington Beach State Park
Ruddy Turnstone
11/21/25, Huntington Beach State Park
Snowy Egret
11/20/25, Huntington Beach State Park
Brown Pelican, at sunrise
11/20/25, Huntington Beach State Park
Tricolored Heron
11/20/25, Huntington Beach State Park
Sanderling
11/20/25, Huntington Beach State Park
Dunlin
11/18/25, Huntington Beach State Park
White Ibis
11/18/25, Huntington Beach State Park
Merlin
11/18/25, Huntington Beach State Park
White Ibis
11/18/25, Huntington Beach State Park
Common Coot
11/18/25, Huntington Beach State Park
Belted Kingfisher
11/18/25, Huntington Beach State Park
Snowy Egret sparring with a Little Blue Heron
11/18/25, Huntington Beach State Park
Bald Eagle
11/18/25, Huntington Beach State Park
Lesser Scaup
11/18/25, Huntington Beach State Park
Wood Stork
11/18/25, Huntington Beach State Park
Roseate Spoonbill
11/18/25, Huntington Beach State Park
Snowy Egret
11/18/25, Huntington Beach State Park
Cedar Waxwing
11/8/25, back yard
Tufted Titmouse
11/8/25, back yard
Red-bellied Woodpecker
11/4/25, back yard
Red-tailed Hawk
11/4/25, Rankin Lake Park
Yellow-rumped Warbler
11/4/25, Rankin Lake Park
Blue Jay
10/26/25, Piedmont Prairie, McDowell Park
Palm Warbler
10/16/25, Rankin Lake Park
Bald Eagle
10/16/25, Rankin Lake Park
Yellow-rumped Warbler
10/16/25, Rankin Lake Park
American Robin
10/15/25, back yard
American Redstart
10/12/25, back yard
Scarlet Tanager
10/12/25, back yard
Scarlet Tanager
10/11/25, back yard
Winter plumage, quite a contrast from the summer red
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
10/10/25, back yard
Tennessee Warbler
10/7/25, back yard
This little bird breeds in Canada, and he stopped in my back yard on his way to Cuba or Central America. Amazing.
American Crow
10/7/25, back yard
In a neighbor's pecan tree. Wonder why they don't like crows?
American Redstart
9/19/25, back yard
I've been trying for weeks to catch this bird as they migrate through!
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, relentless insect hunter
9/14/25, back yard
Plucking insects from the bottom side of a sunflower leaf
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
9/14/25, back yard
Hooded Warbler
9/11/25, Altapass Orchard, Blue Ridge Parkway
Black-throated Green Warbler
9/11/25, Altapass Orchard, Blue Ridge Parkway
Black-and-white Warbler
9/9/25, back yard
Eastern Wood Pewee
9/9/25, back yard
Cooper's Hawk
9/9/25, back yard
Summer Tanager in a fig bush
9/7/25, back yard
Chestnut-sided Warbler in a crabapple tree
9/7/25, back yard
Red-eyed Vireo
9/7/25, back yard
Cape May Warbler
9/6/25, back yard
American Goldfinch
9/5/25, back yard
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
They seem to spend most of their time fighting over the feeder.
9/3/25, back yard
American Redstart
9/2/25, back yard
Turkey Vulture (I did not like the way he was looking at me)
9/2/25, back yard
Red-eyed Vireo
9/02/25, back yard
Summer Tanager
9/1/25, back yard
Baltimore Oriole
8/29/25, back yard crabapple tree
Northern Cardinal, molting and looking pretty ragged
8/29/25, back yard
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
8/29/25, back yard
Blue Grosbeak (female)
8/28/25, back yard
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, searching for spiders
8/28/25, back yard
Downy Woodpecker
8/28/25, back yard
Prairie Warbler
8/26/25, Altamont Orchard on Blue Ridge Parkway
Unidentified bird (seemed to be following a passing jogger)
8/26/25, Altamont Orchard, Blue Ridge Parkway
Baltimore Oriole
8/24/25, back yard (migrating)
Red-bellied Woodpecker (immature)
8/24/25, back yard
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
8/20/25, back yard
White-eyed Vireo
8/17/25, River Hawk Greenway, Mt. Holly
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
8/15/25, back yard
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
8/6/25, Newfound Gap, GSM Park (elevation 5049 feet)
Blue Grosbeak
8/10/25, Cleveland County
Northern Mockingbird
8/10/25, Cleveland County
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
8/9/25, back yard
Yellow Warbler
7/29/25, Valle Crusis Community Park
American Robin
7/29/25, Valle Crusis Community Park
American Goldfinch
7/26/25, back yard
American Goldfinch
7/23/25, back yard
Eastern Bluebird
7/23/25, back yard
Eastern Towhee
7/21/25, Grandfather Mountain
Brown Creeper (what camouflage!)
7/21/25, Elk Knob State Park
Dark-eyed Junco
7/21/25, Grandfather Mountain
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
7/20/25, back yard
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
7/20/25, back yard
American Goldfinch
7/20/25, back yard
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
7/17/25, back yard
Pileated Woodpecker
7/15/25, back yard
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher - adults and young ones
7/14/25, near Rock Hill SC
American Goldfinch
7/13/25, back yard
American Goldfinch
7/12/25, back yard
Indigo Bunting
7/8/25, Blue Ridge Parkway
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
7/7/25, back yard
American Goldfinch
7/7/25, back yard
Wild Turkey
7/7/25, back yard
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
7/7/25, back yard
American Goldfinch
6/30/25, back yard
Dickcissel
6/29/25, 4600 Williamson Road, Rock Hill SC
Northern Mockingbird
6/29/25, 4600 Williamson Road, Rock Hill SC
Mourning Dove
6/29/25, 4600 Williamson Road, Rock Hill SC
Killdeer
6/29/25, 4600 Williamson Road, Rock Hill SC
"Broken wing act", to lure me away from nesting area.
American Goldfinch
6/28/25, back yard
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
6/28/25, back yard
Wild Turkey poult
6/28/25, back yard. Look at those feet!
Eastern Bluebird
6/25/25, back yard
Dickcissel
6/25/25, Eastern Cleveland County
Thanks to Bill and Anita for sharing this special bird.
Indigo Bunting
6/23/25, Blue Ridge Parkway
Immature Indigo Bunting
Hooded Warbler
6/23/25, Trout Lake near Blowing Rock
Swainson's Warbler
6/23/25, Trout Lake near Blowing Rock
Black-throated Green Warbler
6/23/25, Blue Ridge Parkway
Blue-headed Vireo
6/23/25, Blue Ridge Parkway
Recently fleged Blue-headed Vireo
Chestnut-sided Warbler
6/23/25, Blue Ridge Parkway
Common Yellowthroat
6/23/25, Blue Ridge Parkway
Gray Catbird
6/23/25, Trout Lake near Blowing Rock
Black-throated Blue Warbler
6/23/25, Trout Lake near Blowing Rock
Whitetail Deer
6/23/25, Trout Lake near Blowing Rock
Northern Cardinal, with a June bug
6/22/25, back yard
Black-and-white Warbler
6/21/25, back yard
Wild Turkey
6/21/25, back yard
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
6/19/25, Wilbur Lake, Tennessee
Cliff Swallow, catching a bug
6/19/25, Wilbur Lake, Tennessee
Summer Tanager
6/8/25, back yard
Coopers Hawk
6/18/25, back yard
Purple Martin
6/14/25, neighboir's place
Thank you Art for letting me photograph these birds.
Great Crested Flycatcher
6/10/25, back yard
Osprey
6//10/25, Lake Norman
Great Blue Heron
6/10/25, Lake Norman
Common Yellowthroat
6/8/25, Harper Park in Stanley
Great Crested Flycatcher
6/8/25, back yard
Rock Dove (Pigeon)
6/8/25, Harper Park in Stanley
Eastern Bluebird
6/7/25, back yard
Eastern Kingbird
6/4/25, Duck Cove near Cowans Ford Wildlife Refuge
Orchard Oriole
6/4/25, Mountain Island Lake
Northern Mockingbird
6/4/25, below Cowans Ford Dam
Prothonotary Warbler
6/4/25, Duck Cove, Cowans Ford Wildlife Refuge
Rock Dove (Pigeon)
6/4/25, below Cowans Ford dam
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
6/3/25, back yard
Northern Mockingbird
6/3/25, back yard
Bald Eagle fledgling begging for food
5/22/25, Rankin Lake Park
Barn Swallow
5/31/256, Rankin Lake Park
House Finch
5/31/25, back yard
Blue Jay
5/30/25, back yard
Barn Swallow
5/26/25, Rankin Lake Park
House Sparrow
5/25/25, Harper Park in Stanley
Tree Swallow
5/24/25, Neck Road near Rural Hill
Canada Warbler
5/18/25, Trout Lake near Blowing Rock
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
5/18/25, Trout Lake near Blowing Rock
Black-throated Green Warbler
5/18/25, Trout Lake near Blowing Rock
Veery
5/18/25, Trout Lake near Blowing Rock
Chestnut-sided Warbler
5/18/25, Trout Lake near Blowing Rock
Brown Creeper
5/18/25, Trout Lake near Blowing Rock
Bald Eagle trying to take a fish from an Osprey
5/16/25, Lake Hickory
Barn Swallow
5/16/25, Neck Road near Rural Hill
Mouth open to catch a flying insect, barely visible.
Yellow-breasted Chat
5/15/25, Cowans Ford Wildlife Refuge
Northern Parula
5/15/25, Cowans Ford Wildlife Refuge
Red-eyed Vireo
5/16/25, Lake Hickory
Hooded Warbler
5/11/25, Cowans Ford Wildlife Refuge
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
5/10/25, back yard
Mr. and Mrs. Towhee are keeping their distance, and cautiously eying this odd-looking stranger.
American Goldfinch
5/10/25, back yard
Scarlet Tanager
5/10/25, back yard
Blue Grosbeak
5/7/25, back yard
Warbling Vireo
5/7/25, Rankin Lake Park
A spider for breakfast.
Yellow-throated Warbler
5/7/25, Rankin Lake Park
Prairie Warbler
5/6/25, Cowans Ford Wildlife Refuge
White-eyed Vireo
5/6/25, Cowans Ford Wildlife Refuge
Summer Tanager
5/6/25, Cowans Ford Wildlife Refuge
Yellow-throated Vireo
5/6/25, Cowans Ford Wildlife Refuge
Summer Tanager
5/4/25, Cowans Ford Wildlife Refuge
Eastern Meadowlark
5/4/25, Neck Road near Rural Hill
Grasshopper Sparrow
5/4/25, Neck Road near Rural Hill
Northern Parula
5/4/25, near Cowans Ford Wildlife Refuge
American Redstart
4/28/25, Cowans Ford Wildlife Refuge
Indigo Bunting
4/29/25, Cowans Ford Wildlife Refuge
Scarlet Tanager
4/28/25, Cowans Ford Wildlife Refuge
Prairie Warbler
4/25/25, Cowans Ford Wildlife Refuge
Yellow-breasted Chat
4/20/25, Cowans Ford Wildlife Refuge
Eastern Phoebe
4/22/25, back yard
Indigo Bunting
4/20/25, River Hawk Greenway
Common Grackle
4/20/25, back yard
Black-and-White Wabler
4/20/25, back yard
Spotted Sandpiper
4/18/25, Cowans Ford Wildlife Refuge
Orchard Oriole
4/16/25, Rankin Lake Park, Gastonia
Prothonotary Warbler
4/16/25, Rankin Lake Park
Prothonotary Warbler
4/14/25, Cowans Ford Wildlife Refuge
Osprey
4/14/25, Mountain Island Lake
Black-throated Blue Warbler
4/13/25, back yard
Northern Parula
4/11/25, River Hawk Greenway, Mt. Holly
Great Blue Heron
4/11/25, River Hawk Greenway, Mt. Holly
White-eyed Vireo
4/11/25, River Hawk Greenway, Mt. Holly
Yellow-throated Warbler
4/5/25, Rankin Lake Park
Bald Eagle
4/5/25, Rankin Lake Park
Not sure why that right foot is dangling
Pine Warbler
4/2/25, back yard apple tree
Common Yellowthroat
4/1/25, Piedmont Prairie Trail, McDowell Park, sunrise
Pine Warbler
3/31/25, back yard, in a crabapple tree
Common Yellowthroat
3/28/25, Piedmont Prairie Trail, McDowell Park
Pine Warbler
3/28/25, back yard, in a crabapple tree
Purple Finch (female)
3/28/25, Piedmont Prairie Trail, McDowell Park
Black-and-white Warbler
3/28/25, Piedmont Prairie Trail, McDowell Park
Field Sparrow
3/28/25, Piedmont Prairie Trail, McDowell Park
Wood Duck
3/18/25, Rankin Lake Park
They don't always get along.
Wild Turkey
3/02/25, Cedar Lake Farm Road, Cleveland County
Red-shouldered Hawk
3/1/25, Rankin Lake Park
Red-headed Woodpecker
3/1/25, Rankin Lake Park
Bald Eagle
2/28/25, Rankin Lake Park
The eagles at Rankin have two chicks in the nest.
Pine Warbler
2/20/25, back yard
These guys seem to spend a lot of time squabbling.
Brown Pelican
2/18/25, Huntington Beach State Park
Bonaparte's Gull
2/18/25, Huntington Beach State Park
Green-winged Teal
2/18/25, Huntington Beach State Park
Forster's Tern
2/18/25, Huntington Beach State Park
Greater Yellowlegs
2/28/25, Huntington Beach State Park
Tree Swallow
2/18/25, Huntington Beach State Park
Common Loon
2/13/25, Lake Norman
American White Pelican
2/7/25, Lake Wateree, SC
Pine Warbler
2/5/25, back yard
Pine Warbler and White Breasted Nuthatch
2/5/25, back yard
Downy Woodpecker
2/5/25, back yard
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
2/1/25, Rankin Lake Park
Sharp-shinned Hawk
1/28/25, back yard
Downy Woodpecker
1/28/25, back yard
European Starling
1/28/25, Harper Park
White-breasted Nuthatch
1/28/25, back yard
White-throated Sparrow
1/23/25, back yard
Brown-headed Nuthatch
1/23/25, back yard
White-breasted Nuthatch
1/23/25, back yard
Eastern Bluebird
1/23/25, back yard
Red-shouldered Hawk
1/19/25, back yard
Northern Cardinal
1/19/25, back yard
Hooded Merganser
1/14/25, Rankin Lake Park
Brown Thrasher
1/11/25, back yard
Pine Warbler
1/11/25, back yard
Killdeer
1/11/25, back yard
Pine Warbler
1/11/25, back yard
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
1/10/25, back yard