Following Fall Bird Migration - Part 1 last week, it's time for the next segment. The birds below were all seen around the city over the last several days.
I have to start with my favorite warbler, the Northern Parula:
They're so colorful, I like to call them little rainbow birds.
This attractive Red-Eyed Vireo was feasting on the berries of a small tree (I will have to figure out the tree species).
The bird hung on to the seed pods with its feet and sliced open the sections to dig out the fruit.
A few steps away, this female Black-Throated Blue Warbler picked off tiny insects in this cluster of berries.
This Black-Throated Green Warbler was busy gleaning insects off the undersides of leaves.
This Magnolia Warbler used a different method, perching at the ends of branches and snapping tiny flies out of the air.
The Eastern Phoebe is an expert flycatcher.
I observed a Phoebe doing something I'd never seen before (and was unable to capture with the camera). It perched low in a tree overhanging water and dove down to the water to scoop up insects on the surface. Although it didn't dive all the way into the water, it got its head down in there and splashed around with its wings. The bird did this several times, but was too fast for me.
I've seen more Veerys in the last couple of weeks than ever before, which has been nice.
This is my first Lincoln's Sparrow for the fall season.
As I was walking along a path, this Connecticut Warbler just casually walked out of the grass and strolled around like it owned the place. These guys usually hide in the shadows and can be hard to find, so this encounter made my day.
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