Nature Poppin’
An amazing time of year and a favorite season too. A sampling of what I’ve seem the past couple of weeks here in Pennsylvania.
Northern Mockingbird. Red-tailed Hawk. Red-spotted Purple butterfly. Cedar Waxwing. Newly metamorphosed Red-spotted Purple butterfly (Limenitis arthemis astyanax). Male Yellow Warbler. Yellow-billed Cuckoo. Male Northern Cardinal. Wood Thrush. Eastern Chipmunk. Male Baltimore Oriole. Great Blue Skimmer. American Robin. Baby American Robins. Azalea. House Wren. Eastern Painted Turtle, American Bullfrog, Female Red-winged Blackbird. Female Northern Cardinal. Red Admiral Butterfly. Male Red-bellied Woodpecker. Red-spotted Purple butterfly.
Anguilla Birds and Beauty
Common Terns at sunrise Common Tern Mixed flock of Snowy and Semipalmated Plovers Snowy Plover, breeding adult Snowy Plover, trying to distract us from its nearby nest by feigning a broken wing Snowy Plover chicks, just hatched Bananaquit “Stella”, a resident Green-throated Carib Hummingbird “Stella” Bananaquit The very tiny Antillean-crested Hummingbird American Flamingo pair, a very rare treat on Anguilla American Flamingo American Flamingo pair, a very rare treat on Anguilla Wilson’s Plover Ruddy Turnstone, breeding adult White-cheeked Pintail Semipalmated Plover Lesser Yellowlegs Ruddy Turnstone, non-breeding adult Lesser Yellowlegs Killdeer Chick Killdeer with chick Killdeer with chick Killdeer with chick Killdeer chick Killdeer chick, only hours old and possibly its first time in the water Killdeer with chick Killdeer with chicks Killdeer chick nestling under its parent Feet! Red-billed Tropicbird trio Red-billed Tropicbird Red-billed Tropicbird