I took so many pictures yesterday, including flowers and landscapes, I’ve decided to just concentrate on some of my “birding” pictures. Right now, on the East Coast of the U.S., in the mid-Atlantic states, we are having what is known as “the warbler migration.” The wood-warblers, family Parulidae, are small song birds many of whom winter in the Caribbean, southern Florida and eastern Mexico. Central Park, as it happens, is a great place to look for birds. There is a lake in the park, and immediately to the north of the lake is a wooded area known as “the Ramble.” This is the prime place to go to look for warblers. I’m new to this, and I only saw a few species, and got photos of fewer.
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- A Black and white Warbler
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- Another Black-and-white Warbler. This one is a different individual.
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- A Carolina Wren.
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- A male Common Yellowthroat.
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- A Common Yellowthroat in flight. I saw quite a few different individuals.
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- A femle Common Yellowthroat. I had some trouble identifying this bird. If you know what it is, please let me know.
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- A Double-creasted Cormorant exiting the water near two Canada Geese
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- A Goldfinch drinking in a stream.
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- One of a pair of Grackles. This one was gather little worms from the water.
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- Here is the second Grackle who stood a foot or two away, watching the other.
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- This may be a Northern Parula. I have quite a few photos of this individual, but none are any better than these.
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- A Waterthrush, tentatively a Northern Waterthrush.
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- A Yellow-rumped Warbler.
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- Another Yellow-rumped warbler. These photos are all of the same individual. Its markings are less distinct and bright than the other one. Perhaps this is a female.
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