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I saw two juveniles fly over me and onto the golf course. I quick waddled onto the course, and the fun began,
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:
This Wood Warbler walks along the ground rhythmically bobbing its tail up and down. It is very similar to the Louisiana but differs with denser, blacker stripes (less dots) on the breast that also cover the whole throat. The yellowish buff (or can be white)stripe above the eye tapers at the end. Its bill and neck are shorter, and its head more rounded. There was an abundance of little striped birds all around this fall, trying to correctly id them an adventure...
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.
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
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!)
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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.
Photographed 24 September 2022, Morning Flight, Gooseberry Neck, Westport, Bristol County, Massachusetts
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
The monarchs gather each fall at the Peninsula Point State Park in Stonington (Upper Peninsula of Michigan). They wait there along the shores of Lake Michigan for a north wind or favorable flying conditions. When the time is right, they fly en masse over Lake Michigan and continue on their long journey to Mexico.
The monarchs gather each fall at the Peninsula Point State Park in Stonington (Upper Peninsula of Michigan). They wait there along the shores of Lake Michigan for a north wind or favorable flying conditions. When the time is right, they fly en masse over Lake Michigan and continue on their long journey to Mexico.
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.