One fine day

Yesterday, walking down by the Mystic, as I often do on Sunday, I saw an unusual diversity of birds, and in unusual abundance.  Being between seasons, we still have summer birds here, but winter birds (juncos and white-throated sparrows) have shown up, a bit early, and meanwhile you have a large number of migrants passing through.

The photos below show a sampling of what I was able to see.  This isn't the complete roster -- it's more the complete roster of what I was able to get an adequate photo of.

First up, golden-crowned kinglet:

And its tyrannical cousin, the ruby-crowned kinglet:

Let's not neglect sparrows.  Here's savannah sparrow:

And dark-eyed junco:

Flycatchers are represented by eastern phoebe:

Turning to warblers, pine warblers were present in some numbers, many of them flocking with white-throated sparrows and kinglets.

The other typical late migrant is yellow-rumped warbler:

And finally common yellowthroat:

Then we have herons.  Great blue heron is here in season and out, though they're generally less morose than this:

But black-crowned night heron is a more episodic character.  I haven't seen them much lately, and the few I've seen have been juveniles like this one:

And then finally, because Sunday is the day for puzzles, I have this:

I can't even swear this is a bird.  If you have any ideas, leave them in the comments section.