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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.
Photographed 24 September 2022, Morning Flight,
Gooseberry Neck, Westport, Bristol County, Massachusetts
I saw seven species of warblers today, more than I've seen up to today.
Yellow
Common Yellowthroat
American Redstart
Chestnut-sided
Blackburnian
Black-throated Green
Wilson's
In October, the great monarch migration comes thru North Texas and you see them everywhere. They need fuel for their long trip. This one was enjoying some nectar from my butterfly bush. At the height of the migration you can sit in your car at a red light and see monarchs fluttering thru the intersection. If you don't already have flowers outside, consider buying some in bloom and put them out where they can be seen, the monarchs (and other pollinators) will thank you.
Monarch Butterfly (Danaus plexippus)
Magenta Butterfly Bush (Buddleja davidii)
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excuse me, pardon me, sorry....excuse me! (a polite doe among the sandhills) The grass is all frosty.
The Chestnut-sided and this Magnolia make three and four for fall warblers. A little slow this year.
for 40 consecutive years we know Chimney Swifts have made use of the chimney here, during spring migration, breeding season, and in fall. this particular evening, 477(+/-) tiny travelers roosted here. ;)
closely related to hummingbirds, these are amazing little ceatures. you can learn more about them here:
Photographed 24 September 2022, Morning Flight, Gooseberry Neck, Westport, Bristol County, Massachusetts
Yellow-rumped warbler photographed in Sunken Meadow State Park during fall migration in the last sunrays of the day
A Worm-eating Warbler Munching on a Berry, Green Cay Wetlands, Boynton Beach, FL
Monday was a good day! Thanks to the knowledgeable photographers and birders I happened to run into I came home with 4 lifers. This is a Warm-eating Warbler I have been told. Until this day I hadn't even heard of one, let alone seen one. And it was a bit of a challenge to find it. These birds are really tiny and blend in quite well. And that I had no clue what I actually was looking for didn't help either. So I totally missed it when it was sitting right in front of us munching a green caterpillar or bug (or so I was told).
We saw it a while later again as it was eating a berry. I guess birds like dessert too. Unfortunately for me it stayed in the back of the tree and these shots are 100% crops (in the large size). So excuse the quality.
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The Worm-eating Warbler (Helmitheros vermivorum) is a small New World warbler. It is the only species classified in the genus Helmitheros.
It is 4.3–5.1 in long and weighs 0.4–0.5 oz . It is relatively plain with olive-brown upperparts and light-colored underparts, but has black and light brown stripes on its head. It has a slim pointed bill and pink legs. In immature birds, the head stripes are brownish.
This bird breeds in dense deciduous forests in the eastern United States, usually on wooded slopes. The nest is an open cup placed on the ground, hidden among dead leaves. The female lays 4 or 5 eggs. Both parents feed the young; they may try to distract predators near the nest by pretending to be injured.
In winter, these birds migrate to southern Mexico and Central America.
Worm-eating Warblers eat insects, usually searching in dead leaves or bark on trees and shrubs, also picking through dead leaves on the forest floor. Despite their name, they rarely if ever eat earthworms.
Worm-eating Warblers have disappeared from some parts of their range due to habitat loss. They are vulnerable to nest parasitism by the Brown-headed Cowbird where forests are fragmented (from Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia).
arenaria interpres
Whitefish Point Bird Observatory, Chippewa County, Michigan
AF-S VR Nikkor 500mm f/4G ED
Nikon D300S
Canada Geese frequent the Refuge year round, but soon the fall migration will begin and the lake will be full of geese!
Photo Credit: Jennifer Jewett/USFWS
The pelicans are returning for the winter. Perched on a log far out in the bay. As their numbers increase, they will find perches closer to shore.
American White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos)
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