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| Heavenly hummers, nectar for lunch |
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| And right by the path baby rat, seeds for lunch. Dumb baby. I'm explaining to tourists that this is not a squirrel. Rat oblivious to human audience. "Shoo, rat!" Munch, munch. "Go home, rat!" Munch, munch. |
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| Back to the garden, the female black throated blue warbler bug catching. Total concentration, no concern that I'm standing in the feeding area. |
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| There's grub in the bark. |
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| I suspect that as long as there are jewelweed blossoms we'll be seeing hummers. |
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| And luck of the luck, the rose breasted grosbeak decided to come out from under the blossoms and pose. |
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| Lots of time playing peek-a-boo, who are you, tiny birds behind leaves, only tails showing. Stand and wait. Magnolia warbler. I decided to get into the bushes and wait. Success, portrait session for two seconds. |
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| I've been hearing the Carolina wren. This time there was visibility for two seconds. |
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| Another puzzle bird. Who's nipping at leaf? I had an idea, but needed a glimpse of throat to be sure. A half second glimpse, the female common yellow throat. |
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| Later on the male appeared in a different space, like seeing an old friend. |
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| Brown thrashed having a drink at Azalea Pond. |
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| Black-and-white warbler for one second. |
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| Fun hummer, pollen bill. |
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| And then there's this intrusion. This should not be in a nature area. Central Park Conservancy stupidity. They haven't even posted what the poison is. Seen in the Rambles near the Gill. |
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| A sitting still small one, the female blackpoll. I saw lots of magnolia warblers, but all moving too fast for pictures. |
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| A "tweeny" cardinal. |
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| What would a day be without hummers, oodles of them in the park, not easy to photograph. |
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| Meanwhile high above the hawks were soaring. There were three, but I could catch a picture of the group, alas. |
