Tuesday, May 2, 2017

Warbler Season !!!!!!

                                                   Yellow Warbler
                                                      Yellow-rumped Warbler
                                                               Belle Isle meadow
                                                       Black and White Warbler
                                                       Black-throated Green Warbler
                                                          Blue-headed Vireo


                                                     Rose-breasted Grosbeak

                                                        Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

                                                              Savannah Sparrow
                                                       White-throated Sparrow

Saturday, April 29, 2017

Belle Isle Marsh spring

                                                                     More from spring
                                                                   Tree Swallow


                                                          Snowy Egret with prey
                                                                   Yellow Warbler
                                                                     Northern Flicker

Monday, April 17, 2017

More from spring

                                                      Black-crowned Night Heron
                                                 American Eel at Belle Isle Marsh
                                                      Osprey pair at Belle Isle Marsh
                                                                     Hermit Thrush
                                                             Yellow-shafted Flicker
                                                              Red-winged Blackbird

                                                                    Turkey Vulture

                                                                    Glossy Ibis
                                                                     Palm Warbler
                                                              Pectoral Sandpiper
                                                                     BCNH
                                                                 Eastern Bluebird

Wednesday, April 12, 2017

American Oystercatchers & Migration

A few pictures of the American Oystercatcher pair, female with band #25.  Other than thoese guys. lots of other birds on the move. There has been a steady stream of Kinglets, Flickers, and Palm Warblers moving through the yard. Piping Plovers have returned to our local beaches, and raptor migration is starting to pick up as they head north to breeding grounds.





                                                         Golden-crowned Kinglet



                                                               American Kestrel - female

                                                                       Palm Warbler
                                                             Red-breasted Nuthatch
                                                            Ruby-crowned Kinglet