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Posted By: Jonathan
New Spring Warbler Species - 05/13/19 09:35 PM
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
Posted By: pcr2
Re: New Spring Warbler Species - 05/13/19 09:43 PM
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.
Posted By: Klemke
Re: New Spring Warbler Species - 05/13/19 09:51 PM
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
Posted By: Boco
Re: New Spring Warbler Species - 05/13/19 10:33 PM
The robins are back now,Seen 2 today,2 ruffed grouse,an otter and a moose.
Posted By: Railroader
Re: New Spring Warbler Species - 05/13/19 10:40 PM
Beautiful pics as always Jonathan! Always looking forward to seeing your next posts.
Posted By: Claypool313
Re: New Spring Warbler Species - 05/13/19 10:44 PM
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.
Posted By: ratbrain
Re: New Spring Warbler Species - 05/13/19 11:53 PM
Once in a while we see a Redstart here. Neat bird!
Posted By: jeff karsten
Re: New Spring Warbler Species - 05/13/19 11:56 PM
Great pics
Posted By: Hatchetman
Re: New Spring Warbler Species - 05/14/19 12:20 AM
Sure is a handsome devil!
Posted By: Northof50
Re: New Spring Warbler Species - 05/14/19 12:28 AM
The robins are back now,Seen 2 today,2 ruffed grouse,an otter and a moose.
Boco if the Robins are back are there any Timber Dootles up your way ?( American Woodcock)
Outstanding Redstart.
Posted By: Boco
Re: New Spring Warbler Species - 05/14/19 12:43 AM
Should be some around soon,havent seen any yet.
Posted By: squacks
Re: New Spring Warbler Species - 05/14/19 01:17 AM
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.
Posted By: Jonathan
Re: New Spring Warbler Species - 05/14/19 02:39 AM
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
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.
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/2fRV6WKhttps://flic.kr/p/2fL12XEhttps://flic.kr/p/S5ASke
Posted By: Tactical.20
Re: New Spring Warbler Species - 05/14/19 03:09 AM
You are GOOD!!
Posted By: J.Morse
Re: New Spring Warbler Species - 05/14/19 05:00 AM
Cool photos, as usual Jonathan. Redstarts are one of the very, very few warblers I can still hear!
Posted By: DuxDawg
Re: New Spring Warbler Species - 05/14/19 10:17 AM
Handsome lil fellows. Thanks for sharing!
Posted By: 330-Trapper
Re: New Spring Warbler Species - 05/14/19 12:58 PM
Stunning Photo's Jonathan!!!
Posted By: Jonathan
Re: New Spring Warbler Species - 05/14/19 02:52 PM
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
Posted By: squacks
Re: New Spring Warbler Species - 05/14/19 03:21 PM
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
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.
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/2fRV6WKhttps://flic.kr/p/2fL12XEhttps://flic.kr/p/S5ASke 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.
Posted By: RdFx
Re: New Spring Warbler Species - 05/14/19 03:33 PM
Great pics J, ive never seen a Redstart in my area of north central Wi.. Thanks for posting
Posted By: Jonathan
Re: New Spring Warbler Species - 05/14/19 05:41 PM
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
Posted By: Tim64
Re: New Spring Warbler Species - 05/14/19 11:58 PM
Great photos, thanks for sharing.
Posted By: Northof50
Re: New Spring Warbler Species - 05/15/19 12:26 AM
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.
Posted By: Diggerman
Re: New Spring Warbler Species - 05/15/19 01:58 AM
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.
Posted By: Jonathan
Re: New Spring Warbler Species - 05/15/19 01:59 AM
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
Posted By: Northof50
Re: New Spring Warbler Species - 05/15/19 10:22 PM
Very nice...........it has been a long winter waiting.
Posted By: Jonathan
Re: New Spring Warbler Species - 05/16/19 11:03 PM
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