Chevy Chase, DC

This red-bellied woodpecker scouts for a likely branch to find food for its brood, located in the cavity just on the other side of the tree.

A juvenile starling waits on a summer afternoon for something to pass by

A starling works on clearing a cavity that had been used by woodpeckers to nest in the spring.

You can see an earlier photo with the same cavity being used by Red-bellied Woodpeckers here.

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Highest position: 83 on Tuesday, January 15, 2008

(since we started tracking this statistic on April 19, 2006)

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This Blue Jay likes this hanging tree limb -- just takes a flying leap to land on it and have it swing back and forth while he rides it. They're really smart birds.

Chevy Chase, DC

This grackle just has such a worried and slightly angry look on his face the way his eye ring is shaped. Don't worry, we're not after your bug.

I feel like I used this title before

Chevy Chase, DC

Okay, it's a rabbit, but hare just sounds better.

Here's this rabbit is scratching at a tick on his nose, trying to get it off him.

A VH-60 of the US Marine Corps flies over Chevy Chase, MD

Photographed at Chevy Chase, Montgomery County, Maryland 20815 near Bradley Boulevard and Wisconsin Avenue—Washington West Quad.

I have literally no idea what this is, I just found it attached to a utility pole with three more like it.

A stray kite, lost in the trees above Norwood Park in Chevy Chase, MD.

A squirrel feasts on blossoms on the first day of spring

The red seeds emerging from this fruit are not even the true seeds; squeeze it ad the black true seed emerges from the red.

A male mallard duck gets up and looks at us suspiciously as we approach, distracting him from foraging in a culvert.

And yes, the trip out birding yesterday was a bit of a let down. Still need that #365project photo though!

This poor little mockingbird forgot his comb for after the bike ride.

A robin hides from the last few raindrops in a bare tree.

A Northern Mockingbird sings near sunset in Chevy Chase.

A Northern Cardinal hides from the weather in a tree near a stand of bamboo.

Monday was a hard day, fourteen hour work day plus an eight mile run... not much time for photography

Early spring scenery along Rock Creek in Chevy Chase, Maryland (USA).

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A house sparrow stands next to a cicada he caught and killed.

I cheer on the little guys each time I see them swoop in and catch a cicada.

A female cardinal peeks down, trying to see if anything is waiting below her

An adult red-bellied woodpecker feeds its young fledgling