Yay! The fall warblers have stYay! The fall warblers have started to arrive! Some of the warblers we saw this week have been somewhere nearby all summer, like the Northern Parulas that I kept hearing but seldom saw. But others, like the Blackburnian Warblers, haven't been around since spring. But even the ones that have been nearby are much more active now. They always seem to come out of the woods this time of year and form up a little mixed flock that travels around together. In addition to the warblers I got on film this week, I also saw a Worm-eating Warbler and an Ovenbird.
The Tufted Titmice are not happy about the arrival of the warblers. Poor little Titmice. Always having to adjust to newcomers. They'll be okay, though. Come November, they'll have the place pretty much to themselves again. They might as well give up on trying to scare off the warblers. From what I've seen in past years, those tiny birds are pretty persistent.
I think two of our male Scarlet Tanagers are completely yellow now. There's at least one more that's just now starting to change. And the male Indigo Bunting is starting to molt into his fall plumage too. I used to think that the male buntings just left earlier than the females. Didn't realize they were another bird where the male's fall plumage makes him look the same as the females.
I had a lot of good clips this week and debated on whether to do some extra videos but I managed to get the best of them worked into this longer video. I'll go back and look at what was left and maybe post some extras this week.
Thanks for watching! Stay safe out there and I'll see you next week!
Birds in this week's video include Scarlet Tanager, Hooded Warbler, Summer Tanager, Northern Parula, Indigo Bunting, Northern Cardinal, Cerulean Warbler, American Goldfinch, Tufted Titmouse, American Redstart ... and probably some birds I've forgotten, lol.
#birds #birdwatching #fallmigration #warblers #birdpond
12 сен 2024
