Still my pals

Of course I like looking for warblers, but that doesn't mean I'm going to ignore my regular friends. Life goes on for everyone. I love mud. I love worms. I love being eyeballed. Nest -building is mucky business.

Identifying warblers is not easy. I also have trouble identifying sparrows. At least now I can recognize the chipping sparrow.

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Tanagers

I had stopped down by the river to check on the hawk family. There are three babies, but still too hard to see through the leaves. I'll return in about three weeks by which time the nestlings should be big.

On to Central Park. Thrill time. There were two scarlet tanagers dining and bathing. My lens is too powerful to get both in one shot. This is one of those oh-my-God birds.

I'm hoping to find a termite hatchout. With all the birds in town a hatching should draw a mob of hungry birds.

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Warblers May 1, 2010

I'll start with birds that were new to me, never before seen, at least not to the best of my knowledge. The trees were hopping with tiny birds, lots of songs, lots of excitement.
This first is a blue headed vireo, not a warbler, but a new bird and belongs in this posting.

I've wanted to see this bird for a while, the worm-eating warbler.

Another new treasure- the Nashville warbler.

Now for the warblers I've seen before and adore. First, the black-throated green warbler.

The northern parula.

The black and white warbler

The yellow rump.

The common yellow throat, male. One of my favorite birds.

There are many more images to be posted. The whole take was critically edited so as not to swamp the viewer.

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Warblers April 30th, 2010

I've decided to title each blog with subject and date instead of some emotional title in order for specific subjects to be more easily located. The yellow throated warbler is now easy to find.


Yesterday was fun. These are warblers I've seen before and am always overjoyed to see. They flit around, are hard to photograph, but are always smile-worthy. First, the yellow warbler high in the tree.

The black-throated green warbler.

The northern parula.

The black throated blue warbler

The black and white warbler

Not a warbler, but honorable bird nevertheless. The Pretzel King grackle.

Yesterday's take has been tightly edited. I get very excited when seeing warblers and tend to overshoot. I've tried to keep this post to a manageable limit.

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