Saturday's hawk watching was mostly staring at blue sky. There were few hawks, and those few were distant. I arrived late morning at Putney Mtn, so even the morning songbird activity was on the wane. But I was pleased that there were so many
Yellow-rumped Warblers in their confusing fall plumage. These winter "Myrtles" are such a contrast to the stunning plumage they sport in the spring. Lots of berries for them, and plenty of insects to "flycatch."
White-throated Sparrows have been common for a couple of weeks, and still are, but beyond these two species, the variety and numbers were limited (a few Blue-headed Vireos, Common Yellowthroats, Eastern Towhees, woodpeckers, ever-present chickadees). Blue Jays have been migrating by the hundreds.
And finally, just a couple of images from Saturday's wandering ...
White-throated Sparrows have been common for a couple of weeks, and still are, but beyond these two species, the variety and numbers were limited (a few Blue-headed Vireos, Common Yellowthroats, Eastern Towhees, woodpeckers, ever-present chickadees). Blue Jays have been migrating by the hundreds.
And finally, just a couple of images from Saturday's wandering ...
Great shots Chris!! We too are starting to see the Yellow-rumped Warblers, White-throated Sparrows and very loud Blue Jays! BTW: My word verification for this post is "phisjac", love the phish part obviously! ;-)
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ReplyDeleteI love these warblers shots. They are sometime so hard to get, but yours are beautiful. Here it is already snowing now and I did not even go out this week end. It was to windy and cold!
Hi Chris,
ReplyDeleteWhat nice shots of those warblers..I haven't seen a yellow-rump yet but I am looking. Love those cat tails shots..looks like you had a great walk!
thanks for your comment on my "summers end' post..I believe you are correct about my first bird posted being a finch..thanks. I just get the spring warblers in my brain and then they all change colors and look so different..but its fun to learn!
Beautiful warblers, I also really like your wandering eye shots. Especially the cattails.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful shots Chris.
ReplyDeleteI like the photos Chris.I can't wait to do some more Fall birding after seeing them! was fooled the other day by some Yellow-rumped Warblers the other day.I came to the entrance of a new field that I've never been to and was astounded by the amount of bird activity.It turned out that about 80% of the hundreds of birds I was seeing turned out to be Yellos-rumps.Still nice to see but I was hoping for a greater variety.
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