My yard ~ Indigo Bunting Yard Bird #70

Indigo Bunting Yard Bird #70

My Yard ~ Migrating Birds

 Excited to have an Indigo Bunting in my yard & returning House Wrens

Nest building

Birding Cape May County

Birding Pals Max & Tanya arrived yesterday from MD.  Since today's forecast is for heavy rains I tried to pack lots of good spots into one day.  We started at Higbee Beach before 7AM, stopped at the Osprey nest along Rt 147 before heading over to Nummy Island.  Next stop was the Wetlands Institute, the ponds behind Kindle Ford before going over for lunch in a friend's backyard.

Flycatcher ~ Higbee Beach WMA

Indigo Bunting Female ~ Higbee Beach WMA

Black Snake ~ Higbee Beach WMA

Little Blue Heron Immature ~ Wetlands Institute

Blue Grosbeak Female ~ Backyard birding

Higbee Beach NWA

Indigo Bunting - male

Indigo Bunting - female

White-eyed Vireo

Wordless Wednesday ~ Higbee Beach ~ Indigo Bunting

Higbee Beach ~ Mother's Day Birding

Northern Parula

A text went out early Mother's Day that there was a large fallout of warblers at Higbee Beach.  It was warm and sunny and there were birds everywhere.  Along with the birds were lots of experienced birders who were willing to help the less experienced birders spot them.  I saw 12  species of warblers including  Black & White, Hooded, Common Yellowthroat, Redstart, Yellow-rumped, Black-throated Blue, Wilson's, Northern Parula, Black-throated Green, Chestnut-sided, Cape May and Yellow-breasted Chat.  There were Orchard Orioles, Eastern Kingbirds, Indigo Buntings and Blue Grosbecks.  There was a large hatching of bugs and most of the birds were acting like the flycatchers.  It was such a wonderful day.

American Field Sparrow

Indigo Bunting