Butter-butts

The Yellow-rumped warblers are back. Well, technically they have been back for going on two weeks (and taking up all the space that they can) but I haven't gotten around to talking about them yet. This morning I went over to the Currituck Heritage Park, where the Outer Banks Center for Wildlife Education is located, and have been rewarded with a beautiful day. It's in the high 60's and NO wind! Everything is out flying about today including Flickers', Downies (pictured below) and hordes of Black-bellied Plovers.

The pop in the hop, if I may be so urban, of these birds has also spilled over to my demeanor and I ended up scaling, and subsequently falling out of, several large live oaks to get these shots. And although it pained my backside, I couldn't help but smile as I realized that there were now yellow-rumped and black & blue-rumps perched in that arborous host.

Now I am off to Pea Island, Jeff Lewis just called to let me know that there is a Hudsonian Godwit having a nice beachy day and I would love to gawk. By the way... I never found those swans from the other day. A wild goose chase? pun intended.

Cheers