Young Cooper's Hawk that has been stopping by the azaleas in my backyard. It jumps in and everything flies out!!!!

Cooper's Hawk

Accipiter cooperii

Catchfly Ct., Columbia

Howard Co, MD

Quad 39076_B7

Columbia Maryland 7/15/2016

Howard County Quad 39076_B7

These four taps are a favorite of this wintering visitor.

Columbia,Maryland

Barred Owl

Meadowbrook Park

Ellicott City, MD

Dickcissel (Spiza americana)

Sykesville, MD

Underwood Rd

Howard County

Dickcissel (Spiza americana)

Sykesville, MD

Underwood Rd

Howard County

Centennial Lake, Columbia Howard County, MD

Horned Grebe

Podiceps auritus

Lake Kittamaqundi, Columbia

Howard County, MD

Savage Quad 39076_B7

Red shouldered Hawk

Lisbon, Howard County, MD

Woodbine Quad

39077_C1

Last Year

Alpha Ridge Park

Howard County Maryland

Evening Grosbeak

Catchfly ct, Columbia

Howard County, MD

Savage Quad 39076_B7

Jackson Pond

Columbia, MD

Howard County

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Nikon D500, AF-S 500mm f4G ED VR, TC-14E II

Louisiana Waterthrush

Patapsco Valley State Park

Woodstock, MD

Henryton Rd

Blandair Northside

Columbia MD 10/16/16

Northern Saw Whet Owl with its evening meal.

Howard County, MD

ARRPRSP

Lake Elkhorn, Columbia

Howard County, Maryland

Savage Quad 39076_B7

Field Sparrow (Spizella pusilla)

Alpha Ridge Park

Howard County MD

Peeeeent!

American Woodcock

Howard County, Maryland

Patuxent River State Park, Hipsley Mill Rd

100% Entertainment! Absolutely Love The Timberdoodles!

(Scolopax minor)

Prairie Warbler

Blandair Park, Columbia

Howard County Maryland

Savage Quad 39076_B7

I'm not sure and maybe someone could provide some assistance. I'm thinking this could be a yearling Male due to the dark streaking on the flanks?

Sykesville, MD

Howard County

Savannah Sparrow

Passerculus sandwichensis

Fox Chase, West Friendship

Howard Co, MD

Patapsco Valley State Park

Marriottsville MD

Howard County, MD

Patapsco Valley State Park

Henryton Rd

Howard Co, MD 3/29/17

Cooper's Hawk

Accipiter cooperii

Jackson Pond, Columbia

Howard Co, MD

Savage 39076_B7

Screech Owl sitting in the sun and warming up after the snowstorm.

Least Sandpiper

Calidris minutilla

Waverly Pond

Woodstock, MD

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Howard County Fairgrounds

Howard County, Maryland

Yellow-throated Warbler

Setophaga dominica

Patapsco Valley State Park, Marriottsville, Howard County, MD

Sykesville Quad

39076_C8

Ruby throated Hummingbirds trying to claim the food source as their own and having a little bully battle.

Catchfly ct, Columbia

Howard County, MD

Savage Quad 39076_B7

Sharp-shinned Hawk

Accipiter striatus

Columbia, Maryland

Quad 39076_B7

Cooper's Hawk

Accipiter cooperii

Blandair Park North, Columbia

HoCo, MD

Quad 39076_B7

White-eyed Vireo

Was not pleased with the other 3 in his vicinity.

Prairie Warbler

Setophaga discolor

Hipsley Mill Rd, Lisbon

Howard County, MD

The bold one. A young Pileated Woodpecker spends most of its time filling up the opening to its nesting cavity. Until an adult shows up to feed the others inside. The bold one gets quickly stuffed back into nest by the adult.

Another Eastern Box Turtle Saved!

Annapolis Rock Rd.

Lisbon, MD

Common Raven

Woodstock, MD

will update info soon

Blue-faced Meadowhawk

Sympetrum ambiguum

Race Road, Elkridge

Howard County, MD

Quad 39076_B7

Kentucky Warbler

Geothlypis Formosa

Patapsco Valley State Park, Henryton Rd., Sykesville, Howard County, MD

Sykesville Quad

39076_C8

Cucullia convexipennis

Brown-hooded Owlet Moth

Fox Chase, West Friendship

Howard County, Maryland

Sykesville Quad

39076_C8

Patapsco Valley State Park

Marriottsville Rd, Howard Co.

Maryland

Toxomerus marginatus

Columbia, MD

Howard County 6/15/17

MBP Quad 39076_B7

Confirmation considered by John S Ascher @ BugGuide

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Confirmation Verified by Ken Wolgemuth @ BugGuide

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Evening Grosbeak

Catchfly ct, Columbia

Howard County, MD

Savage Quad 39076_B7

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Video taken by my daughter, Rizza. © All rights reserved

a time lapse video

My daughter, Rizza raises Monarch butterflies from the eggs that she finds in the milkweed leaves in her garden & places in a small cube netting in the house. The egg hatches & grows into a caterpillar. Once the caterpillar increase its size it eventually turns into a chrysalis for about two weeks.

Notice the golden crown on the chrysalis, they are carotenoids. The caterpillar gets its carotenoids from the plants it's eating – which in the case of monarchs is in the milkweed family. These are also the ports of entry for oxygen.

Then this chrysalis transforms into a butterfly. When transformed, the butterfly stays put there for about 4 hours while the wings are wet. When the wings are dry, she then gets the butterfly & releases it in the garden.

This is the fourth generation (this year) Monarch butterflies that will be the final generation (early fall) that will migrate 1,000+ miles to Mexico.

Hope you all enjoy watching this time lapse video taken by Rizza.

P.S. Notice a few more caterpillars in the video that will soon transform into a chrysalis before becoming butterflies.

P.P.S. The Monarch Butterfly is an endangered species. Their population is plummeting toward extinction due to landscape-scale threats from pesticides, development and global climate change.

American Redstart

Setophaga ruticilla

PVSP Henryton

Howard County MD

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Actually, they're my next door neighbors.

Field Sparrow

Spizella pusilla

Blandair Park, Columbia

HoCo, MD

Quad 39076_B7

Ruby-crowned Kinglet

Regulus calendula

Patuxent River State Park

Annapolis Rock Road, Howard County, Maryland

Woodbine Quad

39077_C1