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| Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina |
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Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
(Known as 'Tigered Warbler' in French - I like it) |
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| Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus |
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| Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater |
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| Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia |
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| Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia |
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Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
with Ring-billed Gulls Larus delewarensis |
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| Osprey Pandion haliaetus |
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| Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus |
A couple of hours at the Verdun waterfront with George, birding and exchanging constipation jokes. Two Caspian and several Common Terns shared the rocks with legions of gulls. Distant peeps puzzled (Spotted and probably Least Sandpiper).
Near the street, we got stuck under a lovely two-tree warbler wave. Well, it was ‘warblers and friends.’ A dervish of American Redstart, Yellow, Bay-breasted, Cape May, and Yellow-rumped Warblers was packed into just two trees, it was awesome. They were in the company of Red-eyed and Warbling Vireos, as well as numerous young Chipping Sparrows and Brown-headed Cowbirds. Is it early for warblers to be moving? I have no idea. Feels early. Seems there was a good variety of warblers at the M-R Cemetery today too. I got a touch of the warbler neck. Ended with 30 species.
In other news, I believe that my insane Czar Nicholas II moustache has been having its desired affect: it seems to prevent folks from sidling up to me when I'm birding and asking "Have you seen the cranes/eagles/woodpeckers?"
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