Northern Parula - Paruline à collier
The fall migration is far more active and diversely populated than the past spring migration. But so much of our attempts to see and to photograph migrants is based on luck - weather, time of day, the behaviours of small mixed flocks, and so on. The one constant my friend Paul managed to instill in me is that you cannot see/photograph birds if you are not out where they might be. So I have been taking every free moment I have to drop by a birdy location - even if it is only an hour - at any time of day. Yesterday morning, near Mud Lake, I spent an early morning hour before work wandering around to various areas, and saw a lot of birds! I was super lucky to have this lovely Parula drop down for a brief rest from chasing insects in some soft morning light. Even in its fading colours there is a lot of beauty.
Northern Parula - Paruline à collier
The fall migration is far more active and diversely populated than the past spring migration. But so much of our attempts to see and to photograph migrants is based on luck - weather, time of day, the behaviours of small mixed flocks, and so on. The one constant my friend Paul managed to instill in me is that you cannot see/photograph birds if you are not out where they might be. So I have been taking every free moment I have to drop by a birdy location - even if it is only an hour - at any time of day. Yesterday morning, near Mud Lake, I spent an early morning hour before work wandering around to various areas, and saw a lot of birds! I was super lucky to have this lovely Parula drop down for a brief rest from chasing insects in some soft morning light. Even in its fading colours there is a lot of beauty.