I was surprised to find a pair of Solitary Sandpipers. as I’ve never seen one before.
Cornell:” The Solitary Sandpiper is commonly seen in migration along the banks of ponds and creeks. While not truly solitary, it does not migrate in large flocks the way other shorebirds do.”

I’m still new at this, and I’ve been looking for migrating warblers for a while, so this was an exciting find.
Cornell:”Brightly colored but easily overlooked. A bird of shrubland and old fields, the Blue-winged Warbler expanded its breeding grounds northward throughout the 20th century.”

I don’t recall seeing a Brown Thrasher at Wooton before.

I haven’t seen many Great Egrets, but they are suddenly commonplace at Wooton.

When the birds stop, I’ve been looking for nice bugs.

I found this Wasp on the sidewalk, and he seemed to be injured. Edit: This is a Bald Faced Hornet.

I don’t know what this, but the big guy seems to be eating the little guy. I love the way he’s hanging on to the leaf with one limb.Edit: MD Biodiversity tells this is a “Hanging Thief Robber” eating a wasp. Hanging Thief Robber

I’m not having any trouble finding American Redstarts (Female) lately.

Great Crested Flycatchers were abundant today.

This may be a first year Bluebird acquiring his adult colors.

This Mockingbird posed nicely.

Ospreys are still plentiful.

This Titmouse was quite close to me.

This may be an Acadian Flycatcher.

This is the first Prairie Warbler I’ve seen at Terrapin.

Sunrise over the marsh pond.

Not a great shot, but this Blue Grosbeak is here for the record.

Several flocks of ducks, including these Mallards, flew over. We’ll be seeing many more soon.

This female Common Yellowthroat may be hanging around a bit late.

I don’t have a name for this Sparrow yet.

I had my back to this Great Egret when we first met, and he was only a few feet away. I as as startled as he was.

I used my Ibird app to get this White Eyed Vireo to show himself.

Another singleton Goldfinch .

I found this Red Eyed Vireo on the path to the river.

This Green Heron appeared as I was leaving.

This Carolina Wren is looking a bit unkempt.

I saw this Orchard Oriole shortly after sunrise.

I saw this Brown Thrasher on the way out.

I don’t often see Goldfinches at Governor Bridge.

The object with these small insects is to get a sharp image.

I don’t know what insect laid these eggs. Edit: The experts tell me this is a spittlebug egg sac. Spittlebugs

This Bumblebee is from a few weeks ago.

Green Herons don’t usually sit still this long.

I haven’t seen many adult male Baltimore Orioles.

There are so many Blue Gray Gnatcatchers that I’m only capturing a few images.

This is my first Magnolia Warbler of the Fall.

I haven’t seen many Bluebirds at Governor Bridge, so this juvenile bird was a mild surprise.

I’m still expermenting with my 70-300 Nikkor, and I can see a definite improvement in sharpness in some images.

This Prairie Warbler was in deep shadow, and I was able to rescue the image because my friend Emily gave me some wonderful software. Thanks again, Emily!

The female Indigo Bunting isn’t as striking as her mate, but the dull colors serve her well.

Another try at the Hummingbird Clearwing. I’m going to take Graeme’s advice and shoot these with my Nikkor in the future.

This Flycatcher is probably an Eastern Phoebe.

This appears to be a flock of Laughing Gulls.

This Caterpillar Nest caught my eye.

The background colors make this image of a Carolina Wren more interesting.

This may be a Black Capped Chickadee, but I’m not sure yet.

Blue Gray Gnatcatchers are still feeding in very large numbers.

Orchard Orioles are suddenly easy to find.

Red Eyed Vireos are foraging everywhere.

After the action slowed, I couldn’t resist taking advantage of the great light to try for some more Ruby Throated Hummingbirds.

I didn’t try to count the Blue Gray Gnatcatchers, but there were a Hell of a lot of them.

This Chestnut Sided Warbler (A first Winter female) is a migrant.

Red Eyed Vireos dominated the scene once again.

This Red Tailed Hawk was being pursued by some smaller birds.

I had close looks at two different White Eyed Vireos.

I was very surprised that this Yellow Billed Cuckoo settled down right in front of me.

I had the shutter speed just high enough to capture this moment.

These are first year Blue Grosbeaks.

I haven’t seen an Orchard Oriole in a while.

I used my small zoom lens to try to capture this Grasshopper.

Not a great image, but it’s my first one.

With just a little more light these Forster’s Terns would have looked pretty good.

Red Eyed Vireos once again dominated the treetops.

I got quite close to this Great Blue Heron because he was preening.

These are probably young Wood Ducks.

This Indigo Bunting was the only bird who posed in full sunlight.