Well it has been a busy month up here so far in Corolla and the birds are just starting to migrate back through on their way to respective breeding grounds. We haven't had a huge day of migrants yet, but I expect this weekend (with temps in the high 80's) to be very productive. Just some of the birds back on the Corolla spit of land include: Osprey, Glossy Ibis, Blue-gray Gnatcatchers, Barn Swallows, Prairie Warblers, Pine and Palm Warblers, Northern Parulas, Black-and-white Warblers, Common Yellowthroats, Great Crested Flycatchers, Chipping Sparrows, passing Dunlin, Snowy Egrets, Lesser Yellowlegs, Green Herons, Indigo Buntings and my favorite... Eastern Kingbirds.
This male E. Kingbird showed up on the 9th of April and has been hanging around ever since. He has since been joined by at least 5 others and their bare electrical wire on wire chatterings can be heard all over the grounds. I took this picture of him perched behind our center moments before he vacated to fill up on another insect.
Check back for more updates and keep the migrants coming!
1 comment:
Hi Ben,
On August 24th, my mother and I were photographing dragonflies on a nature trail that begins near the north end of route 12 (photos starting today on my blog). I'm sure the trail must have a name, but I don't know what it is.
Anyway, at the time we saw what we thought was a male Eastern Pondhawk, but a naturalist leading another group on the trail correctly pointed out that it was in fact a male Great Blue Skimmer. Was that you?
Aaron
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