Prairie Warbler at Wooton Wetlands Preserve

I awoke to a gloomy, cloudy day with a wet sidewalk and ugly skies. Still, the weatherman promised a sunny day, so I left later than usual and the day turned out well. I had an early encounter with a warbler, and a few other decent birds were around, but still no significant migrants.

This  was a little distant, but I'll take it.

This Blue Grosbeak was a little distant, but I’ll take it.

There are many White Eyed Vireos at Wooton, but they seldom show themselves.

There are many White Eyed Vireos at Wooton, but they seldom show themselves.


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Prairie Warbler

Prairie Warbler

I haven’t seen a Prairie Warbler in a while, so it took a wile to ID this guy.

Great Crested Flycatcher

Great Crested Flycatcher

Great Crested Flycatcher

I saw several Great Crested Flycatchers today.

Osprey

Osprey

Osprey

Osprey fish regularly in the small ponds at Wooton.

Eastern Phoebe

Eastern Phoebe

Eastern Phoebe

Flycatchers are very active at Wooton, including the Eastern Phoebe.

Frogs and Spiderwebs at Governor Bridge Natural Area.

I arrived around sunrise again, and the weather was an improvement over yesterday, with the fog clearing much more quickly.
Unfortunately, there were no birds to see. It was unusually slow, with only a few sightings. Graeme showed up around 8:00 and we went to a new area of the park in hopes of finding some warblers, but it was not to be.

Frog

There were dozens of these little frogs in the puddles.

Great Blue Heron

This Great Blue Heron may have been laughing at us.

Spider Web

This Spider Web was an interesting sight.

Indigo Bunting.

This Indigo Bunting.was one of the very few interesting birds we saw.