RushingOutdoors

RushingOutdoors A Page for my bird and other nature photographs from my yard, around Georgia and beyond. This is a Page on which I will share my outdoor photography.

It will emphasize photos from my birding experiences, but will also include anything that catches my eye.

Male Common Yellowthroats are the 'masked bandits' of tangled thickets in & along the edges of wetlands & bogs. They are...
06/01/2026

Male Common Yellowthroats are the 'masked bandits' of tangled thickets in & along the edges of wetlands & bogs.
They are one of the most abundant & far ranging warblers across Central & North America.
Some migrate long distances from Central America to Canada. Some are year-round residents of south Southeastern US.
And while they remain abundant, they have not totally avoided the population declines of their taxonomic cousins. Populations have been dropping .6%\yr & are down almost 30% since the mid-1960s. The main culprit? Loss of the "tangled thickets in & along the edges of wetlands & bogs.

Female Red-winged Blackbirds look like XL sparrows.
05/29/2026

Female Red-winged Blackbirds look like XL sparrows.

Ospreys, aka Fish Hawks, have visual acuity 3-5 times ours.
05/27/2026

Ospreys, aka Fish Hawks, have visual acuity 3-5 times ours.

Green Herons are pretty & smart.
05/26/2026

Green Herons are pretty & smart.

Swainson's Warblers are very secretive birds except on arrival at their breeding grounds across the southeastern U.S. wh...
05/22/2026

Swainson's Warblers are very secretive birds except on arrival at their breeding grounds across the southeastern U.S. when they vigorously announce their arrival & claim a territory.
This is definitely a bird you will hear long before you see him, if you see him at all.

Female Northern Cardinals do most of the nest building & incubation, then share in the feeding of the chicks. Like most ...
05/20/2026

Female Northern Cardinals do most of the nest building & incubation, then share in the feeding of the chicks.
Like most songbirds, Northern Cardinal chicks almost exclusively consume soft bodied insects.
As the chicks grow & approach fledgling, the parents introduce soft berries to the nestlings' diets. Such as serviceberries.
When they reach adulthood their diet flips & becomes 75+% organic.
During the days of hectic feeding, berries & fruits act as 'energy hits' for the hardworking parents.

Red-eyed Vireo gleaning caterpillars from the leaves of a native oak.
05/19/2026

Red-eyed Vireo gleaning caterpillars from the leaves of a native oak.

To say Cedar Waxwings love native fruits & berries is an understatement. Especially in the spring when they use the extr...
05/18/2026

To say Cedar Waxwings love native fruits & berries is an understatement. Especially in the spring when they use the extra fats & sugars for migrating to their breeding grounds in the boreal forests of southern Canada, northern U.S., & the spine of the Appalachian mountains as far south as north GA.
So some individuals wintering in metro-Atlanta may only migrate to the North GA mountains.
But that doesn't stop them form stripping our serviceberry trees clean in a matter of minutes.

Male Rose-breasted Grosbeaks are one of nature's best yard art during spring migration.
05/01/2026

Male Rose-breasted Grosbeaks are one of nature's best yard art during spring migration.

Female & male Northern Cardinals join forces to build their nests. Female Northern Cardinals do most of the nest buildin...
04/30/2026

Female & male Northern Cardinals join forces to build their nests.

Female Northern Cardinals do most of the nest building. Males help (a little) by making trips to the 'building supply store'.

The female does the construction work of building a 4 layered, 3X4X3 cup nest in dense shrubs or tree saplings. She wraps pliable twigs around her body & creates the final bowl shape with her feet. A new nest is built for each brood.

Meanwhile, the male brings a supply of twigs & food.

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