Showing posts with label American Redstart. Show all posts
Showing posts with label American Redstart. Show all posts

Thursday, August 27, 2015

O Captain! My Captain!

25 August

   Unfortunate for our battle-standing, the past two days have been slow with new arrivals.  We are hoping that an upcoming front will let loose some heavy movement in its wake--time will tell.

   Here we have The Chieftain, El Dictador, The Man:  Jim Tietz.  He's holding court over an adult female American Redstart that has been slinking around (she's been amazingly cryptic) for the past few days.

What if this American Redstart were banding Jim Tietz?

   And a portrait from the lighthouse of a Black-throated Gray Warbler feasting on a fly:

Today's eBird checklist is dedicated to #7, Filo Joliet.

Current battle stats:  SEFI 63, SCI 50

Friday, August 22, 2014

Warble On

Here we have a lovely (not lowly) Wilson's Warbler--banded and about to be released.  Watch out for those Western Gulls, little buddy.



Snowden found this American Redstart today.  I tried to scare him into a net--instead, he wandered over to the powerhouse to forage in the dirt amongst discarded pipes and old bits of concrete--excellent habitat.