Thursday, May 17, 2018

Better late than never


I was pretty pleased with myself to get a picture of this yellowthroat with my phone.  Usually yellowthroats are pretty retiring and hard to photograph, but this one was being loud and proud in a backyard on Willow Ave. 

Warblers in general were very late this year.  I saw the first one (Wilson's, unusually) on the 15th, though admittedly I was away the previous three days.  I haven't seen a single ovenbird or black-and-white, which is a departure from previous years.  Today in the yard I had a redstart...



as well as a Swainson's thrush:


And then there was this creature, which, on a good hare day, may be perceived as a bunny rabbit: