More migration - 5 Sep. 09

Although I haven't had much chance to actually get out and bird lately, I did sneak away today. Nothing earth-shattering but I thought I'd share a few pics.

Here is a nice male GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER from Polk County this morning:

Speaking of Golden-winged Warblers, Ashley spotted one from the yard yesterday!

Here is a BAY-BREASTED WARBLER from this morning. Terrible pic, huh? But trust me, we saw it much better than this!

In summary, we had 10 species of warblers including:

Golden-winged Warbler

Tennessee Warbler

Nashville Warbler

Black-and-white Warbler

Blackburnian Warbler

Bay-breasted Warbler

Ovenbird

Mourning Warbler

Wilson's Warbler

American Redstart

We also had 9 species of shorebirds including:

Sanderling (1)

Baird's Sandpiper (4)

Some more random sightings included:

Capsian Tern (6)

Forster's Tern (4)

American White Pelicans (500+)

Olive-sided Flycatcher (1)

On an interesting note, I managed a pic of a new dragonfly for me, a SHADOW DARNER:

This was a beauty, a winter-form QUESTION MARK: