Saturday's magic

Every trip to the park starts with a question mark.  What will be seen?  Fingers crossed. Please let there be hummers.  Despite fewer jewelweed blossoms my prayer was answered. Hummers at the blossoms and grosbeaks eating the seeds.

I was strolling with another birder when we came to a space where there were no blossoms. Out of nowhere a hummer flew in. What follows will probably be once in my lifetime.  Hummer spied a spider's web with a trapped bug. The images speak for themselves. Bug-dining hummer.

To my "partners in beauty",(you know who you are), I'm thrilled that you can see such magic, and that this magic happened on first day back.
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Wanted

This is what I hope to see today.

But, if no hummers I'll settle for berry/apple eating mockers.

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More from the files

Very young blue jay, a September baby.

And these two kids are practicing pre-making babies.

So ugly he's beautiful, grackle

Nice surprise, male common yellow throat warbler.

 

All from September 11th.
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More Tinkerbell

Restful moments

All from Sept.  10th.
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Humming along

This is like watching Tinkerbell.

All from Sept. 10th.
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Skipped sweets

Surely popcorn tastes better.

Stump cradle 

The water thrush, mmmm worm.

A veery

It started to drizzle so I went under the tree. So did the red eye vireo, me for shelter, vireo for berries.

Food hunting flicker.

Images from September 4th.
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