Poor Little Guy
Hooded Warbler HOWA (Wilsonia citrina)
Fall Warblers 2016 #6
Another warbler with yellow that came through this fall during migration....but this one has a special story. As we returned from our evacuation for Hurricane Matthew, I noticed this colorful spot of yellow sitting on one of the downed trees along our street. At the time he was fully out in the open, fluttering his wings as he is here. We stopped the car and watched him for a few seconds before he flew back into the tangle of downed trees and branches. I hurried back with the camera and saw him again much farther in with just a little window of light. Poor thing was still fluttering his wings and tail....really his whole body. This didn't seem normal so I left him alone but checked back often and never saw him again. I've never seen another Hooded around here so my suspicion is he was a victim of the storm. I think about him often and what a struggle he must have had.......
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Good Stewards of Nature
Poor Little Guy
Hooded Warbler HOWA (Wilsonia citrina)
Fall Warblers 2016 #6
Another warbler with yellow that came through this fall during migration....but this one has a special story. As we returned from our evacuation for Hurricane Matthew, I noticed this colorful spot of yellow sitting on one of the downed trees along our street. At the time he was fully out in the open, fluttering his wings as he is here. We stopped the car and watched him for a few seconds before he flew back into the tangle of downed trees and branches. I hurried back with the camera and saw him again much farther in with just a little window of light. Poor thing was still fluttering his wings and tail....really his whole body. This didn't seem normal so I left him alone but checked back often and never saw him again. I've never seen another Hooded around here so my suspicion is he was a victim of the storm. I think about him often and what a struggle he must have had.......
Member of Nature’s Spirit
Good Stewards of Nature