Monday, March 5, 2007

Bird by Walden Pond

I came across this very outgoing bird on a walk around Walden Pond in Concord, MA. I almost didn't take the picture because I was sure that as soon as I aimed the camera it would fly away. However, it must have been pretty used to walkers; I was able to take the first photo and still had time for more before it flew away.

Photography photo camera walden pond bird

If anyone out there knows the name of the bird, I would be very appreciative of a comment about it. I'm fairly sure it's a young bird, since its colors aren't very developed. Its colors look fairly uniform except for a possible reddish brown mark on the inside part of the tail.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

The bird looks like it is a Gray Catbird. Seems a bit early for Catbirds in MA, but I live in Illinois so not too sure.

Catbirds are fairly common around our area, but not for another month or two.