outdoor photography

Blue-winged Warbler The last couple days at Mead Gardens have been fantastic.  Yesterday morning I had 9 warbler species, and with the weather we had last night I thought it might be good to try again this morning; after I left someone found a Blue-winged Warbler in the park, so I returned to find him.  In all I had 15 species on the day in the park: Ovenbird 2  Worm-eating Warbler 3  Northern Waterthrush 1  Blue-winged Warbler 1 Black-and-White Warbler 6 Common Yellowthroat 1  Hooded Warbler 1  American Redstart 3 Cape May Warbler 1  Northern Parula 2 Blackpoll Warbler 1  Black-throated Blue Warbler 6 Palm Warlber 1 Prairie Warbler 1 Black-throated Green Warbler 1 It was also fun to find a Yellow-throated Vireo, Blue-headed Vireo and a Red-eyed Vireo.  All in all a pretty fun morning. Blue-winged Warbler Hooded Warbler Black-throated Blue Warbler Black-throated Blue Warbler

Black-throated Green Warbler My father and I had a fantastic time at Fort De Soto this morning.  We went hoping for some nice migrants, and we came home with twelve species of warbler, including my first Black-throated Green.  Here's a list of all the warblers we saw in the park: Black-and-white Warbler, Tennessee Warbler, Common Yellowthroat, Hooded Warbler, American Redstart, Cape May Warbler, Northern Parula, Yellow Warbler, Blackpoll Warbler, Black-throated Blue Warbler, Palm Warbler, and Black-throated Green Warbler. Hooded Warbler Yellow Warbler Blackpoll Warbler On top of these we saw two Eastern Kingbirds, one Veery, several Indigo Buntings, a Painted Bunting, a Rose-breasted Grosbeak and a Blue Grosbeak. We found both a Scarlet and Summer Tanager. Rose-breasted Grosbeak Scarlet Tanager But the biggest surprise was seeing two Whimbrel.  One was pretty far a way near the Least Tern breeding platforms.  The second landed ...