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Such sweet little birds! I've seen a lot of recent posts of these cuties, must be migration time for them. Safe travels!
The White-throated Sparrow is an infrequent visitor to the prairie, stopping occasionally at feeders during its migratory journey. At Last Mountain Lake, I saw my first ever of this species NOT at a feeder. This is a tan-striped morph: the stripe behind the yellow supraloral spot isn't white, as in all the others I've seen. To this, add the somewhat faded fall plumage that had me wondering if this might be a juvenile. But no, I don't think so. And it doesn't matter. I was happy with the close photo op. I had just spent two hours in a blind, and was packing my gear away when I noticed that I was being watched from a nearby branch - an unexpected bonus on a chilly morning!
This species is primarily a woodland dweller, its western breeding range starting where the prairie grades into boreal forest north of Saskatoon. Any sighting on the prairie is noteworthy. Photographed at Last Mountain Lake National Wildlife Area, Saskatchewan (Canada). Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission ©2020 James R. Page - all rights reserved.
Woodcock, Crawford County, PA. I observed this migratory warbler feasting on insect larvae. Thanks for looking and your comments or feedback.
These birds breed in the steppes and salt marshes of Central Asia, including the northern shores of the Caspian Sea or Lake. Found it just 100km south of its breeding range, where some of these gulls overwinter (although most of them migrate further south to the Indian subcontinent). Rare vagrants in Western Europe.
Monarch butterfly migration through Oklahoma City, September 28, 2018. The monarchs had spent the day feeding on butterfly bushes, native sunflowers, and other flowers that they could find.
I spotted this bird foraging with a few white-crowned sparrows on the 'temporarily closed' green meadow @SCBG. Didn't know the ID until I zoomed in. Wish it was closer but a first for me, so I 'll take it.
Shore birds, in this case a Lesser Yellowlegs, are amazing in their ability to find their very small prey through murky water and often within the mud substrate of shallow waters. In watching them, I found that when they strike, they seldom come up empty.
My favorite whatbird.com website is down for upgrade so I'm hoping my ID friend on here will help me. I'm pretty sure what I think it is. In my front yard on the remaining Bottlebrush tree on October 5, 2022 (just getting to these shots). All the shots of this yard life bird (me thinks) are through my double pane front hurricane door so they are all awful like this one. Aarrgghhh ... Still I'm humble and have done the best I can with what I had. Thanks for your help.
PS: Without whatbird.com, I resorted to two tech ID solutions, my iPhone and the Seek app! And YEAH! That’s what I thought. A Cape May Warbler! Thank You, Jesus! It’s a yard life bird for sure, and I will have to search my records but I don’t think I have ever formally counted it as a life bird and a photo to prove it! WooHoo! Life bird it is. Unless I have one on Facebook ...
Any flight shots I get of warblers are just a by-product of being in the field and photographing them. They are never planned and most are blurred but occasionally I get one I really like. Maybe some day I will be more purposeful in trying to get these. You need good light and a fast enough shutter speed (this one is on the slow side for an acceptable warbler flight shot) and a favorable direction of launch.
I was hoping to get the opportunity to photograph the White Pelicans along the west coast of Florida this fall once they showed up during southbound migration. I was fortunate to hit it right one afternoon and get to observe over 500 of them at close range until near sunset. At one point they all took off at once and it was somewhat reminiscent of Sno0w Ge3se taking flight in masses. Quite a show it was!
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Photographed 19 November 2023, Westborough Wildlife Management Area, Westborough, Worcester County, Massachusetts
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I thought it was s sparrow.but then I notice its bill was narrow :-) There were a couple of them joining the foraging party with other songbirds - lucky to catch one!
A distinctive large flycatcher of the boreal and western coniferous forests, the Olive-sided Flycatcher gives its "quick-three-beers" song from the tops of tall snags. It makes dashing flights from its high perch to catch flying insects, then returns to the same perch.
Source:Allaboutbirds.org
Woodcock Creek Dam, Crawford County, PA. I originally misidentified this bird. It is an immature female Hooded Warbler, not a Wilson's. The white undertail feathers and tail edges (more visible on another photo) are diagnostic. A closer look also reveals that the olive on the head forms more of a hood than a cap. Thanks for looking and any comments or feedback.
I've seen a "straggler" bird passing through over the past couple of days (but no photo!), but these are photos of the last few birds left in the garden earlier this month... Fall migration continues... (ruby-throat hummingbirds flying south).
Not the best picture, but it captures the furtive, flighty habit of this little fall migrant. I heard him/her before I saw him and was so glad to catch a glimpse!
Looking north from the cliff top near Point Traverse, we found a sheltered raft numbering a couple thousand Greater Scaup. Later the raft was flushed by the Golden Eagles we had seen earlier, and it split into smaller groups across the Lake. But at this point, early in the morning, the raft floated lazily in the bay, out of the wind and rising waves. I had never seen a raft before. It was pretty neat. Obviously a third or more of the raft is out of the frame.