Yesterday this solitary male American Redstart zipped in from the tree tops in my yard and perched on the birdbath for only several seconds. I never would have seen it if I not had my camera pointed in that direction following other songbird activity = pure luck!

Jonathan

American Redstart

beautiful little bugger,have been seeing scarlet tanagers i believe they are called for the first time around the farm this year.they may have been here before but i didn't notice them-not sure.you have gotten me looking closer at the birds than ever before with your pics and i appreciate it greatly.

I had never seen a redstart until this year. Maybe they have been around but just never noticed. Your pictures have had me looking closer at the birds
Thanks

The robins are back now,Seen 2 today,2 ruffed grouse,an otter and a moose.

Beautiful pics as always Jonathan! Always looking forward to seeing your next posts.

Love the warble pics. Been a while since i went out in early may to find them. Only redstart i ever saw was out on presque isle bay near Erie. Lots of warblers must pass through there running up the lake erie coast in spring.

Once in a while we see a Redstart here. Neat bird!

Great pics

Sure is a handsome devil!

Boco if the Robins are back are there any Timber Dootles up your way ?( American Woodcock)

Outstanding Redstart.

Should be some around soon,havent seen any yet.

Nice captures!
There has been a Black Throat Blue Warbler on my suet feeder the last 2 days. I had never seen one before this one showed up.
It is not the least bit afraid of me and i have stood watching it from 4 or 5 feet.
It's breeding ground is much farther north so I suppose it will be gone soon.

Squacks,

I had one solitary migrating Black-throated Blue land in my yard at the suet feeders
I had a solitary migrating Black-throated Blue Warbler land in my yard last Wednesday. It was here on and off all day long until Saturday - haven't seen it since. What was most interesting for me to observe while studying the schedule of its feeding behavior and patterns, was that it fed 95% of the time at all three grape jelly feeders set for the Baltimore Orioles. In the balance, it periodically visited both suet feeders and fwd on insects in my maple and box elder trees.

Jonathan







Videos at jelly feeders

https://flic.kr/p/2fRV6WK

https://flic.kr/p/2fL12XE

https://flic.kr/p/S5ASke

You are GOOD!!

Cool photos, as usual Jonathan. Redstarts are one of the very, very few warblers I can still hear!

Handsome lil fellows. Thanks for sharing!

Stunning Photo's Jonathan!!!

Thank you to all for your kind words and comments.

I have seen only one other warbler species recently in this colder weather and heavy cloud cover - my regular visiting pair of Ruby-crowned Kinglets . If it ever warms up enough soon, a few stragglers might show up at the tail end of this year's irruptive spring migration.

Jonathan

Great captures...Again.
Like you, I have suet and jelly feeder. I never saw this finch on the jelly feeder. He did eat a LOT of orange flavored suet. This bird was here for 2 days. I have yet to see it today.
We have been feeding birds for several decades and it is always exciting to see a new specie show up.
I made a few captures but they are not as good as yours. I would need a better "bird" lens for that.
Thanks for posting your photos.

Great pics J, ive never seen a Redstart in my area of north central Wi.. Thanks for posting

The Ruby-crowned Kinglets were on their regular feeding schedule, out of camera range very early this morning when I first saw them, but made their near 12:15 PM foraging stop in my nearby black spruce tree for these portraits.

Jonathan

Great photos, thanks for sharing.

Very nice photo's on your Flicker account. Really nice one of a female Black throated Blue wrb, and had to look really hard on your hummingbird to see where the wings and tail ended. Luckily we are not in Sharon's territory and have to deal with 8-10 species.
Rd fx you hear a RedStart before you see them, like the male Indigo bunting I heard this morning...........when you have prairie blue skies, somehow they blend in perfectily.

Saw a Redstart last weekend while turkey hunting with a grandson, Had to look it up when I got back to the house, haven't seen many.

A weather shift today brought on a very brief visit from these two species last seen in my yard near the south shore of Lake Ontario a week ago.

Jonathan

Black-throated Green Warbler


Yellow Warblers

Very nice...........it has been a long winter waiting.

After the cold front and rain storm moved through my section of the Lake Ontario flyway yesterday afternoon, I didn't see any warblers within view around my yard today.

Jonathan