Another perfect weather day, so I went to Possum Point and got a few seabirds, then on to the Nature Center where there was a lot of activity, and one apparent Warbler I haven’t looked at yet. This afternoon I stopped at Truxtun Park and found a few birds.
![Fox Fox](https://i0.wp.com/hughvandervoort.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Fox-3.jpg?resize=584%2C294&ssl=1)
This Fox was by the roadside and ignored me in my truck. I got a few shots, but the light was poor and I was too dumb to try a lower shutter speed or use the flash.
![Double Crested Cormorant Double Crested Cormorant](https://i0.wp.com/hughvandervoort.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Double-Crested-Cormorant-15.jpg?resize=584%2C317&ssl=1)
![Double Crested Cormorant Double Crested Cormorant](https://i0.wp.com/hughvandervoort.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Double-Crested-Cormorant-13.jpg?resize=584%2C381&ssl=1)
![Double Crested Cormorant Double Crested Cormorant](https://i0.wp.com/hughvandervoort.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Double-Crested-Cormorant-12.jpg?resize=584%2C257&ssl=1)
Several flocks of Double Crested Cormorants flew overhead.
![Great Blue Heron in Flight Great Blue Heron in Flight](https://i0.wp.com/hughvandervoort.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Great-Blue-Heron-in-Flight-17.jpg?resize=584%2C409&ssl=1)
I was lucky to capture this Great Blue Heron in flight.
![Double Crested Cormorant Double Crested Cormorant](https://i0.wp.com/hughvandervoort.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Double-Crested-Cormorant-14.jpg?resize=584%2C533&ssl=1)
I often see seabirds like this Double Crested Cormorant sitting on this piling.
![Downy Woodpecker Downy Woodpecker](https://i0.wp.com/hughvandervoort.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Downy-51.jpg?resize=584%2C541&ssl=1)
This Downy Woodpecker was on the peninsula at Possum Point, and I seldom see small birds there.
![Osprey Osprey](https://i0.wp.com/hughvandervoort.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Osprey-100.jpg?resize=584%2C408&ssl=1)
There’s a large dead tree on Possum Point that is a favorite perch for Ospreys.
![Osprey Osprey](https://i0.wp.com/hughvandervoort.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Osprey-102.jpg?resize=584%2C446&ssl=1)
![Osprey Osprey](https://i0.wp.com/hughvandervoort.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Osprey-101.jpg?resize=584%2C380&ssl=1)
This Osprey has had a successful hunt.
![Chipping Sparrow Chipping Sparrow](https://i0.wp.com/hughvandervoort.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Chipping-Sparrow-19.jpg?resize=584%2C465&ssl=1)
This Chipping Sparrow let me get quite close and seemed indifferent to my presence.
![Yellow Billed Cuckoo Yellow Billed Cuckoo](https://i0.wp.com/hughvandervoort.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Yellow-Billed-Cuckoo-7.jpg?resize=584%2C579&ssl=1)
I don’t see many Yellow Billed Cuckoos, and when I do they are often obscured like this one.
![Great Crested Flycatcher Great Crested Flycatcher](https://i0.wp.com/hughvandervoort.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Great-Crested-Flycatcher-38.jpg?resize=584%2C512&ssl=1)
This Great Crested Flycatcher was eating cherries.
![Downy Woodpecker Downy Woodpecker](https://i0.wp.com/hughvandervoort.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Downy-53.jpg?resize=584%2C888&ssl=1)
![Downy Woodpecker Downy Woodpecker](https://i0.wp.com/hughvandervoort.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Downy-52.jpg?resize=580%2C540&ssl=1)
I went several weeks without seeing a Downy Woodpecker and now I’m inundated.
![Blue Gray Gnatcatcher Blue Gray Gnatcatcher](https://i0.wp.com/hughvandervoort.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Blue-Gray-Gnatcatcher-19.jpg?resize=584%2C511&ssl=1)
Blue Gray Gnatcatchers were plentiful and active.
![Eastern Kingbird Eastern Kingbird](https://i0.wp.com/hughvandervoort.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Eastern-Kingbird-31.jpg?resize=584%2C490&ssl=1)
![Eastern Kingbird Eastern Kingbird](https://i0.wp.com/hughvandervoort.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Eastern-Kingbird-30.jpg?resize=584%2C454&ssl=1)
I saw more Eastern Kingbirds than usual, and they seemed to be forming flocks.
![Blue Grosbeak Blue Grosbeak](https://i0.wp.com/hughvandervoort.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Blue-Grosbeak-28.jpg?resize=508%2C572&ssl=1)
![Blue Grosbeak Blue Grosbeak](https://i0.wp.com/hughvandervoort.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Blue-Grosbeak-27.jpg?resize=584%2C485&ssl=1)
I didn’t know this was a Blue Grosbeak until I uploaded it to my computer.
![Indigo Bunting Indigo Bunting](https://i0.wp.com/hughvandervoort.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Indigo-Bunting-26.jpg?resize=584%2C422&ssl=1)
It takes a little luck to get a pair of birds like these Indigo Buntings.
![Goldfinch Goldfinch](https://i0.wp.com/hughvandervoort.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Goldfinch-311.jpg?resize=584%2C455&ssl=1)
These Goldfinches seemed to be foraging for gravel.
![Red Eyed Vireo Red Eyed Vireo](https://i0.wp.com/hughvandervoort.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Red-Eyed-Vireo-12.jpg?resize=584%2C677&ssl=1)
I thought I’d found a warbler, but I believe this is a Red Eyed Vireo.
![Great Blue Heron Great Blue Heron](https://i0.wp.com/hughvandervoort.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Great-Blue-Heron-30.jpg?resize=584%2C504&ssl=1)
This Great Blue Heron was fishing at Truxtun Park.
![Cardinal Cardinal](https://i0.wp.com/hughvandervoort.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Cardinal-57.jpg?resize=584%2C552&ssl=1)
It’s been a while since I posted a Cardinal.
![Carolina Wren Carolina Wren](https://i0.wp.com/hughvandervoort.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Carolina-Wren-31.jpg?resize=584%2C507&ssl=1)
This is one ratty looking Carolina Wren .
![Chickadee Chickadee](https://i0.wp.com/hughvandervoort.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Chickadee-34.jpg?resize=584%2C423&ssl=1)
![Titmouse Titmouse](https://i0.wp.com/hughvandervoort.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Titmouse-12.jpg?resize=584%2C365&ssl=1)
This Titmouse was part of a very noisy mixed flock of Chickadees and Titmice.
![Red Bellied Woodpecker Red Bellied Woodpecker](https://i0.wp.com/hughvandervoort.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Red-Bellied-Woodpecker-39.jpg?resize=584%2C883&ssl=1)
Red Bellied Woodpeckers have been in short supply lately also.