Chestnut-backed Chickadee and California Towhee- New Jersey Bird Photos

NJ Bird Photos: Birds of New Jersey

Info & pictures of common New Jersey birds: the woodpecker, cardinal, king fisher, warbler, robin, tufted titmouse, finch, mallard, cormorant, baby ducks, grebe, goose, cat bird, sapsucker, northern flicker, chickadee, merganser, hawk, heron, hairy woodpecker & goldfinch plus muskrat, groundhog & beaver. Many photos were taken at Lake Nelson in Piscataway, NJ and others in NJ bird spots: Cape May, the Meadowlands, and Sandy Hook or vacations in Florida, California and the Caribbean.

Saturday, May 22, 2010

Chestnut-backed Chickadee and California Towhee

Chestnut-backed Chickadee

I stopped at Coyote Point Recreation Area in San Mateo, California on the way to the San Francisco airport. For me, the highlight was seeing a Chestnut-backed Chickadee particularly because I didn't know there were Chestnut-backed Chickadees. I also saw my first California Towhee, but I prefer the spotted or eastern towhees.