September Morning at Tifft
Published: September 01, 2012
Tags: Parks and Preserves, Great Blue Heron, Warblers, Sparrow, Gray Catbird, Eastern Phoebe, Carolina Wren, Black-throated Blue Warbler, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Northern Shoveler, Magnolia Warbler, Cedar Waxwing
It was a beautiful morning at Tifft Nature Preserve today, this first day of September. Reports have been coming in that warblers are starting to come through again. Time sure flies; it seems like it was just last week that warblers were just arriving. And now, here we are starting fall migrations already. At any rate, I sure love seeing these little jewels!
I saw several warblers today: Black-throated Blue, Black and White, Yellow, Yellow Rumped, Magnolia, Palm, and Cape May. I managed to capture a few fleeting photographs, but nothing too spectacular. I'll have to go and try again!
Oh, but I did add a life bird: a Northern Shoveler. I saw several of these out beyond the north blind. All in all, it was another great time at Tifft!
 Palm Warbler poking around on the mud  I didn't get a better view, but I'm guess a Nashville Warber  A hard-to-see Magnolia Warbler  The Magnolia's underside  A very poor photo, but I was very excited to hear and see a Carolina Wren again; it's been a long time!  Gray Catbird  Cedar Waxwing  Great Blue Heron perched out on Lisa Pond  Northern Shovelers - and a life list addition!  I enjoyed watching this Eastern Phoebe for quite awhile; he has a fresh catch in his beak in this pic!  Song Sparrow  Song Sparrow  This friendly Black-capped Chickadee hopped right in front of me; how could I not get his photo?  Warbling Vireo  A Song Sparrow after his bath!  Black-throated Blue Warber
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