Birdline
Photo GallerY
2004
Referring to Birds noted that year on the
Birdline
Photos in this gallery © - all rights
reserved by the photographers.
Peregrine Falcons are
found on city buildings and on large bridges
throughout much of the United States.
This photograph of a Peregrine in flight was taken in the city of
Wilmington, Delaware (where FONT is based) in March 2004
(The fine photo is the kind courtesy of Kim Steininger, of Chadds Ford,
PA)
Snow Buntings,
photographed in Delaware
in November 2004 by Kim Steininger.
After an
oil-spill off the coast of New Jersey,
some oceanic birds were taken to the Tri-State Bird Rescue Center in
Delaware.
About a week later, some were released back to sea along the New Jersey Coast,
including the Red-necked Grebe (above),
and the Razorbill ( immediately below) and Common Murre (below
that).
(These photographs kindly the courtesy of Kim Steininger, of Chadds Ford,
PA)
Two photographs of a
Trumpeter Swan
in Chester County, Pennsylvania.
(taken by Leroy Laskowski on February 19, 2004)
The above swan came from a place in Ontario, Canada, called Wilcox
Lake,
just south of Georgian Bay.
There's a Trumpeter Swan restocking program in that area of Ontario.
Swans from there don't usually fly as far south as Pennsylvania,
but one has been found south to Tennessee.
A few have flown in recent winters to the Rochester, NY area on the south side
of Lake Ontario. Most of the Wilcox Lake swans have stayed in Ontario.
This Trumpeter Swan was hatched in 2001. It is a male, as indicated by the
silver band on the right leg. (Females are banded on the left leg.) It's tag
number is "767". The bird was tagged and released on May 30,
2003.
What is a "Nelson's Gull ?"
It's a
Glaucous-Herring Gull hybrid,
and this bird apparently is one.
It was photographed along the New Jersey coast,
near the Manasquan Inlet, in February 2004, by Alex Tongas.
This Short-eared Owl
photographed at Brigantine Refuge in New Jersey, on January 1, 2004, the first
day of the year,
was a "first" as well, a lifer, for the photographer, Kim Steininger.