Carolina Satyr at Wooton Wetlands Preserve

Another cloudy day, which disallowed perfect photos, but Graeme and I found a few decent birds, as well as a Butterfly with a great name.
We walked the entire loop, but the vast majority of decent photos were taken on the lower trail.

Belted Kingfisher

Belted Kingfisher

Belted Kingfisher

I spent a lot of time experimenting in Photoshop to improve this Belted Kingfisher, but I’m not completely happy with the results.


Turtle

There’s nothing like a mud cloak to help cool off.


Green Heron

Green Heron

The usual Green Heron at Wooton is backlit, so I’ll settle for these.

Carolina Satyr

This appears to be a butterfly known as a Carolina Satyr.

Eastern Phoebe

I’m calling this an Eastern Phoebe until corrected.

Eastern Towhee

Yet another singing Eastern Towhee.


Blue Grosbeak
Blue Grosbeak

We spotted this female Blue Grosbeak on the lower part of the loop.

Northern Parula

I didn’t realize this was a Northern Parula until I uploaded it.

Eastern Kingbird

My new flash unit arrived yesterday, and it’s clearly going to make a difference on these gray days when the bird is close enough. Eastern Kingbirds have been relatively scarce this year.