First off, I've got some mysteries for some better birders than me to solve. On a walk I took a couple days ago, I may have seen a northern parula, a broad winged hawk, and on another walk I took, I think I saw an orange crowned warbler. I have pictures, so could somebody please identify them? In the meantime, I have been seeing a lot of good birds lately! There has been a LOT of kinglets. Yesterday, I probably saw about, say, five. Today I saw about thirty. Tomorrow there's probably gonna be around fifty! Also, a ton of yellow rumped warblers just popped up out of nowhere. And strangely enough, I saw three juvenile cardinals!
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| Northern parula? (Tuns out this is a young yellow rumped warbler.) |
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| First shot of a song sparrow! (Due to comments(Thank you!), It tuns out that this is a lincoln's sparrow, which was actually the very bird I was looking for!) |
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| First or second year bald eagle! There is an adult in the area too. |
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| Broad winged hawk? I've been seeing them often. |
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| Juvenile cardinal. |
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| Black and white warbler! |
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| Orange crowned warbler? (YES!) |
Hey! This is such a fantastic post! I love all of your photos and especially your interest in birds. I wanted to let you know that the Northern Parula is actually a Young Yellow-rumped Warbler (those guys are very tricky sometimes!). The Song Sparrow is actually a LINCOLN'S SPARROW (!!!), which I have only seen a few of in my entire life- what a find! I'm not quite sure about your hawk, but it is definitely either a Broad-winged (as you suggested), a Red-tailed, or a Northern Harrier. And of course, you scored a 101% on your Orange-crowned Warbler! fantastic shot of the Bald Eagle too ;D Happy Birding!
ReplyDeleteThe Lincoln's Sparrow and the Orange-cowned Warbler was a lifer for me! Thanks for correcting that!
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