A blue and yellow day

Tweet Warblers and other migrants are starting to show up. This year is odd in that the trees are so advanced leave wise, that you would expect them to be dripping with warblers right about now. While I have seen some earlier than usual birds, most seem to be right on schedule with past records.

Yesterday, I was out and about looking for new arrivals and was able to find some. I have been hearing Yellow-throated Warblers for a while now. I seldom get to see them, so I was happy to be able to spish one close enough to see.

A little closer please!

Love to see them.

There is a little wetland adjacent to the woods that held the Yellow-throated Warbler. I heard an odd sound coming from the vegetation. When I went over to check it out, I found six Blue-winged Teal and a lone female Hooded Merganser.

I have always thought of Hooded Mergansers being small, but when compared to Blue-winged teal, they are slightly bigger. The male teals were battling for the females. I watched them for a while. I think the merganser is confused as to what species it is.

Double vision




Mirror image







Like the two-toned bill.

And as I was leaving the wetland to look for more warblers, the male gave me a wink!

Such nice looking ducks!

But the real surprise of the day came when I heard what I thought was a Blue-winged Warbler calling from the nearby wood line. I spished and up popped a little yellow bird - Blue-winged Warbler it is. I love their call!

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