We’re due for a short period of foul weather, so I made the trek to Blackwater this morning to improve my chances of a good day.
It worked out OK. Â There’s still not a lot of birds, but the variety was good, and the weather was better than the reports suggested it would be.
I found more passerines than usual, but not much in the way of migrants.
![Dock 7 Dock 7](https://i0.wp.com/hughvandervoort.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Dock-7.jpg?resize=584%2C398&ssl=1)
The dock on Key Wallace Drive.
![Blackwater Dawn 27 Blackwater Dawn 27](https://i0.wp.com/hughvandervoort.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Blackwater-Dawn-27.jpg?resize=584%2C390&ssl=1)
Blackwater Dawn.
![Field Sparrow 2017-3 Field Sparrow 2017-3](https://i0.wp.com/hughvandervoort.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Field-Sparrow-2017-3.jpg?resize=584%2C534&ssl=1)
I haven’t seen many Field Sparrows anywhere lately.
![Common Yellowthroat 2017-11 Common Yellowthroat 2017-11](https://i0.wp.com/hughvandervoort.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Common-Yellowthroat-2017-11.jpg?resize=584%2C445&ssl=1)
Common Yellowthroats will be migrating South soon.
![Green Heron 2017-34 Green Heron 2017-34](https://i0.wp.com/hughvandervoort.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Green-Heron-2017-34.jpg?resize=584%2C487&ssl=1)
I wanted just a little better light for this Green Heron.
![Belted Kingfisher 2017-33 Belted Kingfisher 2017-33](https://i0.wp.com/hughvandervoort.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Belted-Kingfisher-2017-33.jpg?resize=584%2C537&ssl=1)
![Belted Kingfisher 2017-35 Belted Kingfisher 2017-35](https://i0.wp.com/hughvandervoort.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Belted-Kingfisher-2017-35.jpg?resize=584%2C471&ssl=1)
I wasn’t quite ready for this Belted Kingfisher, who flew in as I walked by.
![Double Crested Cormorant 2017-40 Double Crested Cormorant 2017-40](https://i0.wp.com/hughvandervoort.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Double-Crested-Cormorant-2017-40.jpg?resize=584%2C464&ssl=1)
![Double Crested Cormorant 2017-43 Double Crested Cormorant 2017-43](https://i0.wp.com/hughvandervoort.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Double-Crested-Cormorant-2017-43.jpg?resize=584%2C499&ssl=1)
I turned just in time to catch this Double Crested Cormorant swallowing his catch.
![Caspian Tern 2017-46 Caspian Tern 2017-46](https://i0.wp.com/hughvandervoort.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Caspian-Tern-2017-46.jpg?resize=584%2C482&ssl=1)
This appears to be a Caspian Tern, and I don’t often see them at Blackwater.
![Forster's Tern 2017-122 Forster's Tern 2017-122](https://i0.wp.com/hughvandervoort.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Forsters-Tern-2017-122.jpg?resize=584%2C441&ssl=1)
Many Forster’s Terns are feeding at Blackwater.
![Great Blue Heron 2017-91 Great Blue Heron 2017-91](https://i0.wp.com/hughvandervoort.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Great-Blue-Heron-2017-91.jpg?resize=584%2C520&ssl=1)
![Great Blue Heron 2017-92 Great Blue Heron 2017-92](https://i0.wp.com/hughvandervoort.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Great-Blue-Heron-2017-92.jpg?resize=584%2C553&ssl=1)
Great Blue Herons are the dominant wader at the moment.
![Bald Eagle 2017-162 Bald Eagle 2017-162](https://i0.wp.com/hughvandervoort.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Bald-Eagle-2017-162.jpg?resize=584%2C511&ssl=1)
![Bald Eagle 2017-164 Bald Eagle 2017-164](https://i0.wp.com/hughvandervoort.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Bald-Eagle-2017-164.jpg?resize=584%2C516&ssl=1)
Bald Eagles are slightly more visible now.
![Blue Grosbeak 2017-13 Blue Grosbeak 2017-13](https://i0.wp.com/hughvandervoort.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Blue-Grosbeak-2017-13.jpg?resize=584%2C547&ssl=1)
![Blue Grosbeak 2017-14 Blue Grosbeak 2017-14](https://i0.wp.com/hughvandervoort.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Blue-Grosbeak-2017-14.jpg?resize=584%2C449&ssl=1)
I’ve only seen a few Blue Grosbeaks at Blackwater.
![Delmarva Fox Squirrel 24 Delmarva Fox Squirrel 24](https://i0.wp.com/hughvandervoort.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Delmarva-Fox-Squirrel-24.jpg?resize=584%2C501&ssl=1)
![Delmarva Fox Squirrel 23 Delmarva Fox Squirrel 23](https://i0.wp.com/hughvandervoort.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Delmarva-Fox-Squirrel-23.jpg?resize=584%2C509&ssl=1)
I walked right into this Delmarva Fox Squirrel, who wasn’t as skittish as some of his fellow squirrels.
![Wasp 38 Wasp 38](https://i0.wp.com/hughvandervoort.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Wasp-38.jpg?resize=584%2C494&ssl=1)
Today’s bugs.
![Wasp 39 Wasp 39](https://i0.wp.com/hughvandervoort.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Wasp-39.jpg?resize=584%2C557&ssl=1)