Pine Warbler and Other Birds in the Fog: April 2021

milesghearn

5 years ago

I arrived at Col Sam Smith Park just after dawn in heavy fog. The weather report claimed that the fog would shortly lift but it did not during my visit.

Each of the following photos shows some fog and a few show a few of the midges that filled the sky near the lake.

Red-winged Blackbirds

Red-breasted Mergansers (male)

American Robin

Mourning Dove

Northern Cardinal (male)

Mallard (male)

Field Sparrow (note the pink bill and light eye ring)

Tree Swallow

Tree Swallows

Tree Swallow

Tree Swallow

House Sparrow (male) The box entrances were covered until recently to give the Tree Swallows a chance. I’m told that only 6 are being used by sparrows this year. There were many more last year.

American Robin (the box serves as a perch only)

Tree Swallow

this cat was over 4 metres high in a tree.

It easily came down.

Song Sparrow

American Robin

Mute Swan

Ring-billed Gull

Song Sparrow

Brown-headed Cowbird (female)

Long-tailed Duck (female) showing signs of moulting to breeding plumage

Long-tailed Duck (male) showing signs of moulting to breeding plumage

Mallard (female)

Red-breasted Merganser (male)

Red-breasted Merganser (male)

Red-necked Grebe

Red-necked Grebe

Long-tailed Duck (male) showing signs of moulting to breeding plumage

Northern Cardinal (female)

Red-winged Blackbird (female)

Common Grackle

There was a long battle between these two Redwings with a Grackle observing.

Mourning Dove

Gadwall (male)

Ring-billed Gull

Common Grackle

American Robin

Black-crowned Night Heron

Red-winged Blackbird (male)

The Pine Warbler song sounds like a very “juicy” Chipping Sparrow trill. It was the call that alerted me to the presence of this migrating bird, found as usual in a pine.

Pine Warbler

Pine Warbler

Pine Warbler

Pine Warbler

For a moment or two, it entered a Silver Maple:

Pine Warbler

NATURE POETRY

The Sun, midway upon his tireless march,
Eyes languidly the green earth’s sleepy face. – James Benjamin Kenyon (1858–1924)

Miles Hearn

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