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A passerine migrant crosses the moon before midnight on October 1, 2004. Ignore the electronic artifact that rapidly crosses the moon just below the plane of flight of the tiny bird. The bird is seen about 25% up from the bottom and takes about three seconds to cross. This is the view of migrants one gets, with patience, when watching the moon during fall migration. Most visible when enlarged to Flickr's maximum size.
Young Black-throated Green Warbler on southward fall migration.
Algonquin Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada
August 2014
Migrating warblers are more concerned with getting a meal before departing on the night's journey than avoiding a camera lens.
I hope that half a bird still counts as a new addition to my list. This little Kentucky Warbler really made me work hard just to see it. It never was more than 3 ft above the ground, skulking around in densely shaded woodsy areas. All of a sudden it would take off at breakneck speed such that I would have to find it all over again. To get this shot I had been sitting on the ground for about an hour when it finally came by and landed on the branch.
It is most likely on its way to winter grounds in Mexico and all along Central America to northern Venezuela and Columbia. It isn't totally unheard of though for them to casually winter in south FL. Its migration route is usually trans-Gulf, but can be more easterly in the fall than the spring. It amazes me that the fall peak of the recorded sightings in FL is Sept 10-20, and I saw it on the 12th. Collecting data is so important to help insure their survival.
Field marks of this warbler are the olive color head and back with lemony yellow underbelly and tail. A broken eye ring above and below the eye.
Orange crowned Warbler (Oreothlypis celata)
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I heard this sound which I thought was a upset squirrel, and then I saw this hawk fly down the trail and into this tree.
Kennesaw Mountain 9/26/2010. Warblers are primarily insect eaters.
Tennessee Warblers are known to eat berries at times. You can see he has helped himself to a bite from the nearby dogwood berry. This photo was taken right before a downpour of rain and without a flash. Good thing I had the camera on a monopod.
Tennessee Warblers illustrate well the varied migration patterns of some warblers in the Spring versus the Fall. They are quite uncommon to see in Georgia in the Spring, heading north from points along the Gulf more west of here, and quite common in the fall. Above appears to be a fall male. Notice a bit of the grey cap remains on this bird. See the shot below of a spring male from Kennesaw Mountain from 2009:
I heard this hawk calling from the trail. It sounded like it was a little way back in the trees. I waited for it to poke its head, no go. I was running out of time so I went into the trees. I saw it flying back in the trees, and then over to a small clearing. I turned to follow, and I heard the second hawk calling from the trees. I wonder if I wore my Bunny suit if I could get a picture of them together.
Top of Kennesaw Mountain Wednesday this week. Female.
Kennesaw Mountain may be the best place in the US to capture a migrating Cerulean warbler.
August is the best time during fall migration to try for one there.
Notice the female is blue-green and doesn't have a necklace like the male which is a deep beautiful blue from which the bird gets it's name.
Below is another view of this bird and a male from last spring (2009).
This Red Knot juvenile was photographed late afternoon at Shoop Golf Course on Lake Michigan in Racine County, WI on Sep 2, 2011
At this season, when the mountain ash tree berries are fully ripe, I suddenly see species in our yard that, as in this case, I'd never known about, and needed internet help to identify. Unfortunately I couldn't capture the orange "crown" but I as happy to see this stranger in our yard. Didn't stay long - all these little guys are on their way to warmer climes for the winter.
It looks too brown to me. But, not rufous enough for Hermit. I know Bicknell's are difficult to id from a photo.
Yard birds
Sussex County, NJ
I understand this bird is on it's fall migration through Georgia and will be gone in just a couple of weeks. I wish this weather would let up, so I could get a chance to see some of our other visitors. I understand there are a couple of Bald Eagles on the lake near our house...I would like to get a chance to see them, too!
Fall color on Galveston usually flies down from the north, as thousands of monarchs descend on the island's flowers for one last meal before their hazardous journey to Mexico.
Hundreds of cranes in this ploughed field just east of Bruce Mines Ontario. Gorgeous birds with such a distict sound - almost a croak. With so many, it sounded like a gibberish. And yes, there was incoming and outgoing traffic. Sadly, I did not have time to sit and wait as I like to do. Harsh light and distance were other issues, but the scene, memorable. BTW, the specks in the distance are all cranes and this shot represents about 10% of the field.
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A rare visitor of Georgia during migration. It's my lifer and I did not know how rare this bird really is until my friend told me if we are lucky, we get 1 to 3 sightings a year! Wow! How precious!! Sadly, Olive-sided Flycatcher is near threatened due to the lost of snags, tall trees and forest edge at their wintering ground ... See full post at my blog via this link www.wingsspirit.com/2012/09/quick-3-beers-olive-sided-fly... ..
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