Saturday, August 15, 2026

Birds of Glen Sutton, August 1-3

Eastern Wood-Pewee Contopus virens

Eastern Wood-Pewee Contopus virens

Eastern Wood-Pewee Contopus virens

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius

Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis

Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica

Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica

American Robin Turdus migratorius

Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus

Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus



Horse Fly (Tabanidae)





Clearwing Moth sp.

False Treefrog




Lovely and beyond my means

Late post, as is tradition.

Spent a weekend in lovely hills of Glen Sutton with Evelyn a bit ago. There were a few birds of note about.

A young Eastern Wood-pewee hung around out back.

Ruby-throated Hummingbirds did circuits around the chalet’s flowery skirt.

Other usual suspects in the hills: Red-breasted Nuthatch, Ovenbird, House Wren, Winter Wren, Grey Catbird, Red-eyed Vireo, Eastern Phoebe, and Cedar Waxwing.

Silent warblers zipped around in the treetops, maddeningly backlit and furtive. I was sure I had a Cerulean Warbler for a bit, but now I’m not so sure. Not so sure at all.

25 species over the weekend.

It’s a bittersweet symphony, this life, etc etc.

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