October 5

Today started at Rosie’s Pond with two Crows complaining loudly.  That usually means an intruder and in this case it was a RedTail Hawk. The hawk was fine with my presence until I lifted my camera to take a shot and then it flew off.  By Palermo Street, this House Finch was up in the apple tree with a horde of compatriots bouncing from branch to branch.

Since it was  overcast and cool, I wasn’t prepared for the Long Thicket today. It was as if the calendar had been turned back to April or May. There were literally hundreds of warblers. Mostly YellowRump Warblers like this one or Pine Warblers. The phragmites and the trees were full of birds hopping all around. There were enough of them that the sound of their flight through the leaves and reeds was very noticeable and on top of that were their calls.  It wasn’t RedWing Blackbird loud but nearly so.

A Blackpoll Warbler.

The park was quiet and so was the Boardwalk except for these two Great Blue Herons who passed overhead.

The huge number of warblers made for a bright speck of color under today’s drab skies.

Ciao!

-Jorge

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