#spring migration

[klemannlee]

Blackpoll Warbler

[ostdrossel]

Do you have special songs,

smells or sounds that instantly transport you to a time or place? These guys do that for me. Once I am hearing them, I know spring is on the way. Male Redwinged Blackbirds usually appear first, along with Grackles, but yesterday, I also saw the first females, as well as some Cowbirds. So despite the snow this morning, spring is really unfolding!

[geopsych]

Scarlet tanagers are red enough to begin with but when you see them in that first sunrise light they look like they're lit from within.

[birdingcheezer]

The earliest of the wood warblers have begun to arrive! Yellow-Rumped Warbler

[johndoeswords]

[northernpintail]

Trumpeter Swans on the move

[forestfeeling]

[jdibe22686]

just arriving here in Downeast Maine, Blackburnian Warblers

[munchymunchkin]

[limbo-qwn]

Twitter is dead and the great migration has begun

[nopriors]

Female Black Throated Blue Warbler passing through

[klemannlee]

Yellow Warbler

[ostdrossel]

I finally put out the photo setups again, and today I got some nice photos of two of the many Orioles in front of the Chestnut tree. It is really wonderful to walk around outside right now, the air heavy with the most wonderful smells from the blooming trees and the songs of the birds. And it feels good to see the birds up close again, I have missed their faces.

[geopsych]

I was lucky enough to see a veery in the woods while walking with @alackofcharacter yesterday. They're one of my favorite woodland thrushes with a magical voice that seems to spiral downward. This one stood still long enough to let me get a clear shot. That hardly ever happens! The little wood near my house hosts at least one breeding pair every summer.

[birdingcheezer]

How about a splash of yellow to brighten your day? Prothonotary Warbler

[peanutkrow]

05/10/23

White-Eyed Vireo, Scarlet Tanager, American Redstart