I went to the park with the understanding that it would soon be 70 degrees and sunny. Yippee!!! However this is ~not~ how things went. It was instead more like 60 degrees and cloudy...... luckily I saw some cool stuff! It was overall not as birdy as yesterday, but I had some really nice moments.
Things were off to a good start with a black-crowned night heron on the way up, then a hawk fly-over. Followed closely by a hawk getting a squirrel from a fairly nearby tree, and coming over to near the ladies pavilion to begin its lunch.
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| Red-tailed Hawk and squirrel |
Once in the ramble, it was quiet, quiet, quiet! I saw a few nice things, a black and white at the upper lobe, this wood thrush, a yellow-rumped warbler.
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| Wood Thrush |
I'm standing there, minding my own business, waiting for birds to come by. And boy did they! The same hawk carried that same squirrel over to a tree just above me, and brought its gang of grackles and blue jays with it. Here it is going off to find another spot for its lunch.
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| Red-tailed Hawk and squirrel |
And here is part of its gang of followers / mobbers.
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| Grackle and Blue Jay |
A black and white looking so dainty! I tried to listen closely to its song, it's about time for me to start learning them. I keep meaning to get onto Larkwire but there's just not enough time to do everything.......
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| Black-and-white Warbler |
At the start of the gill there was some activity, including this Wilson's.
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| Wilson's Warbler |
An ovenbird! I was quite happy to get another chance to photo an ovenbird after yesterday's Incident.
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| Ovenbird |
Back at the start of the gill for a fresh round of birds, including this redstart. It took a while to get a non-blurry picture - they do not enjoy stillness!
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| American Redstart |
This chestnut-sided was flitting about deep in this bush, mostly hiding until.......
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| Chestnut-sided Warbler |
...... this Nashville warbler came over, apparently annoying the chestnut-sided who chased it away. It's fun that I can now see behaviors that I couldn't see before.
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| Nashville Warbler |
Then I got distracted by this blue-headed vireo, so I don't really know the outcome of the Nashville v. chestnut-sided issue.
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| Blue-headed Vireo |
As I was walking away, this yellow warbler drew me right back. But not for long, he was only passing through briefly.
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| Yellow Warbler |
This green heron was at azalea pond, which is full of fish bigger than it is. I don't really quite understand its plan......
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| Green Heron |
On the way back to the upper lobe, I found the black-throated green where it was yesterday! Yay! I watched it for a while and someone nearby spotted a Blackburnian, so I helped refind it (we had to do that quite a bit).
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| Black-throated Green Warbler |
In between refinding the Blackburnian, this great crested flycatcher came by.
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| Great Crested Flycatcher |
As did this flycatcher, I think it must be the olive-sided one. It's been reported, and although the lighting was bad there is clearly some streaking on the flanks, and no yellow.
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| Olive-sided Flycatcher |
Yellow-throated vireo! Yes it is. Yes, I know, the picture has issues, but it's the light. :-)
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| Yellow-throated Vireo |
Blackburnian! At last, posing in the white flowers.
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| Blackburnian Warbler |
He loved this kind of tree and kept going back. Gorgeous!
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| Blackburnian Warbler |
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