Blue-gray Gnatcatcher fall molt - Leesylvania State Park

Highland Oaks Park , Fl

I saw him chase a crow into a nearby tree. I quick-waddled over to the tree in which he landed. I could barely see him through the branches. A quick couple of proof of falcons pictures and he flew down to take a look at me.

It caught me off guard, jumping to an open branch. Over exposed a bit.

Lots of sparrows.

Photographed 24 September 2022, Morning Flight, Gooseberry Neck, Westport, Bristol County, Massachusetts

Another new bird for me from the fall migration. The first few days were tough with the rain and terrible light......but without those conditions the birds may not have stopped (that's what the experienced birders I ran into were saying anyway) The birds were so occupied actively feeding all day long that it definitely helped to overcome the inhospitable weather.

Pine Creek

Fairfield, CT

At Crandon Park, Key Biscayne, FL, USA

The place was crawling with them again today.

Some of my favorite fall visitors that I hope to see again in a few months

Regulus satrapa

Lambton County

Southern Ontario

Canada

Fall 2014

Taken during Fall Migration

Scorton Shores

East Sandwich, MA

I saw two juveniles fly over me and onto the golf course. I quick waddled onto the course, and the fun began,

The Hawk wound up in the same tree as the Flicker, and returned to its hunting.

At Crandon Park, FL, USA

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Kingston, Ontario Canada

I think this is a Cape May Warbler. The tail looks right, and the birds had some prominent vertical stripes on the breast. Not as strong in this bird. Really nice bright undertail coverts. Shows up nicer in the birds that were more out of the canopy.

Here's another view of the bird:

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Crawford County, PA

Hummingbird migration is almost over for my area, enjoying it while it lasts.

Please attribute to Lorie Shaull if used elsewhere.

I almost didn't see him. This is another one taken Thanksgiving day along the bike path by stone creek in flower mound.

Hoydens Hill

Fairfield, CT

I was unable to completely rule out New England, as the habitat looks pretty good for that species. Not certain if they've been detected there.

Another photo from the pontoon.

There is a sandbar in Rondeau bay that can be good for shorebirds. The down side is that cormorants use it as a roost and it stinks to high heaven.

We were only about 8 feet away from this turnstone. There were 5 or 6 on the sandbar and they didn't seem to mind the smell.

Arenaria interpres

The male Ruddy Turnstone makes nest-like scrapes in the ground within his territory, often close to the final site selected by the female. The male's scrapes are made before the female starts to lay eggs, and are part of the courtship and nest site selection process. No eggs are laid in the scapes the male makes.

As their name suggests, turnstones often forage by turning over stones and other objects.

source - Cornell Lab of Ornithology.

Yard birds

Sussex County, NJ

Northern Pintail (Anas acuta).

Northern Shoveler (Spatula clypeata).

American Wigeon (Mareca americana).

John Bunker Sands Wetland Center.

7 October 2017. Seagoville, Texas. Kaufman County.

Nikon D500. Nikkor AF-S 300mm f4e ED PF VR + TC-14e III teleconverter.

(420mm) f5.6 @ 1/5000 sec. ISO 800.

calidris alba

Whitefish Point Bird Observatory, Chippewa County, Michigan

AF-S VR Nikkor 500mm f/4G ED

Nikon D300S

Photographed 24 September 2022, Morning Flight, Gooseberry Neck, Westport, Bristol County, Massachusetts

The eleventh warbler of the fall, and the end of my day.

I've only seen this pretty warbler twice here in FL and it was much duller in color than this early migrant I found in Central Park this August. This view doesn't show the beautiful blue wing with 2 bold white wing bars....but the narrow black line through the eye is noticible. (I'm trying to get through all my fall images or I'll be 2 seasons behind with winter birds arriving!)

Member of the Nature’s Spirit

Good Stewards of Nature

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Black-Throat Green Warbler

Brooklyn, NY

Prospect Park

It was a beautiful day to walk through Prospect Park today. I like the cooler weather, as do the migrating birds, and now that school is back on, the park was very quiet. It's always humbling trying to capture warbler shots and I forget that in the fall they don't really sing, so they are harder to find, and there is way more foliage and overgrowth than during the spring migration.

Highland Oaks Park , Fl

Sussex County, New Jersey

Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more.

Photographed 24 September 2022, Morning Flight, Gooseberry Neck, Westport, Bristol County, Massachusetts

I saw this tree glowing in the morning as the sun rose into the clouds. Where was the hawk?

Project: Backyard Pishing; Private Residence, Talking Rock, Pickens County, North Georgia, USA

Date: 2012.10.04; Pleasant day with some Sun

Camera: Kodak Z740 Zoom

In this first of 3 pics taken in a series, a male Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis, NOCA) has just landed on the platform feeder he normally frequents. He ends up encountering a Fall migrating juvenile male Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Pheucticus ludovicianus, RBGR) that showed up a week or so before on its way thru the area. Got lucky times two on this series the lighting wasn't too bad AND both birds were caught in their entirety in all 3 images.

Pretty funny to see the male Cardinal choose to sit this one out this time and wait for the Grosbeak to finish. In a similar looking 4 image series a few months back, a male Cardinal presented similar body language on a different feeder as he stood his ground and ate while an immature Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis, GRCA) pondered from about a foot away.