Those are amazing pictures, if all taken on one day. Really amazing. Warblers are notoriously difficult to photograph -- flitty little creatures, always chasing bugs.
Did I mention that these photos are truly spectacular?
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Thanks and yes I did get all those this past Saturday. I couldn't agree more about warblers being tough to photograph. They are constantly moving, never staying still longer than a few seconds. I cannot tell you how many times I would get focused and begin pressing the shutter button only for them to fly a millisecond too soon!
I wish I could show a picture taken at my friend’s house Sunday at Cedar Key. He has a telephone pole in the water by his dock with a platform for ospreys to nest. He keeps a camera on a tripod readily focused on nest as there are three young. Dad was coming into the nest with outstretched wings with a mullet in each claw. It is a gorgeous sight.
first hummingbird wandered by moments ago, sun is shining, it's all good.
In Vermont?! I haven't seen one yet in PA.
I'm not sure this is the migration map you had in mind but it's one:
https://www.hummingbirdcentral.com/h...g-2021-map.htm
we have at least three in the area today...this map (if I can link it) is from a previous year, the site can't update any more):http://www.hummingbirds.net/map.html
There is an old dead stump in my yard with above ground rotting roots. A pileated woodpecker was absolutely banging away at the roots today. Just standing on the ground jackhammering like a cartoon woody. Really funny.
Saw my very first Scarlet Tanagers at Smith Mountain Lake this morning. I believe a male and female. So bright! I did get a pic really quick of the male, not a great one though, before they moved on. But then I left the camera/SD card up there. I'll post next week. That was a beautiful bird!
Found a nestling robin on my deck and was able to get it back in its nest. Still there today so feeling pretty good.
I’m sure the folks on this thread know this but it’s an old wives tale about mother birds not returning to the nest if their young have been handled by people.
The tactics of Birding Bob --- approve or disapprove?
I have to admit when I hear or see a bird I think I've identified I will play the song with an app on my phone to see if the bird responds so I can make a positive identification. It seems he's going a little farther than just identification purposes and it also seems he couldn't care less about those around him. I try to be respectful of others.
I led a bird trip this morning, and I used songs on my phone to get birds within range. But one needs to avoid overly disturbing birds already on territory, and I wouldn't have done it if my group had objected. Still too early here to get many of the summer residents, but we had a good list of 30-35 birds for a beginner group of birders. The participants were enchanted by the Bullock's Oriole and the Western Tanager, not to mention the Bald Eagle and Swainson's Hawk.
Indigo buntings abound, especially with runners on first and second and no one out...they look especially nice on the shrubs with blossoms...
Calling SageGrouse. (And Budwom)
https://www.yahoo.com/news/wild-bird...140912249.htmlQuote:
Call it love or call it obsession, but a woman in New Hampshire says she and her daughters returned from a recent trip to find a wild bird had become bewitched by her husband.
Mary Beth Westward of New London reported the “unusual attachment” May 21 on Facebook, noting a ruffed grouse was following her husband Todd adoringly and chasing others away like “a feathered velociraptor.”
Odd directorial choice to have a recorder duet as the soundtrack for what is fundamentally a piece about bird sounds. Was a musical accompaniment truly necessary?
Seems to me that Bob fundamentally knows he's being a bit of a jerk but just doesn't care. I disliked him because he is fully aware that he ticks people off and just does what he pleases anyway. Maybe being a minor sociopath is normal in New York, but it doesn't suit me.