Perfect birding weather! I elected to go to Sandy Point State Park this morning in my usual search for migrants. I talk about the weather a lot, because it affects everything you do when you’re in the field. Although I used to, I probably wouldn’t do much birding today without a camera, and expensive cameras need protection from extreme weather and precipitation.
Pictures have their own beauty, and some approach works of art, but they also have value in sharing your experience. While a picture of a hawk flying or a chickadee foraging is informative, it only comes close to the actual experience.
I see deer every morning at Sandy Point, and I think the staff may have installed them as greeters.
I’ve seen Great Blue Herons wading, flying, in trees and on the shore, but this is the first I’ve seen one on a park bench.
This is a House Wren. The book refers to it as a Gray Adult, as opposed to the Brown Adult.
You don’t have to watch a Downy Woodpecker for long to realize how assiduously they search for food.
I had a love-hate thing going with the Red Eyed Vireo for a while, as they were so hard to photograph, high in the branches of trees. Lately, they have been more cooperative.
This Catbird will be migrating to Central America or the Bahamas soon.
Here’s a good look at the streaked breast of the Brown Thrasher.
This Great Black Backed Gull is a juvenile.
This Great Black Backed Gull is an adult.
Another Unknown Warbler . I’m working on it. American Redstart.
I was surprised this young deer let me get so close.
This juvenile European Starling is molting.
This the lighthouse at Sandy Point.