Chirps and Cheeps

Today, I was treated with the awesome company of Marilyn, from Wild Birds Unlimited!

We decided to bird Tifft Nature Preserve as she hadn't been there in a long time and it's one of my favorites. I gleaned much from Marilyn's wealth of bird knowledge - and we both shared some outstanding views of a few warblers. Recent postings from our bird list indicated we may not see any, but thankfully, a new "wave" must have dropped in.  We didn't even get past the parking area before Marilyn spotted a Palm Warbler.  Later, we saw a very friendly Magnolia Warbler who didn't mind posing for my camera, an American Redstart, a Red-eyed Vireo, and another warbler, that eluded our identification (most probably, a Nashville).

We ended our walk down by Lisa's Pond and saw both Blue and Green-winged Teals as well as many herons, including Green, Great-crowned Night, and several Great Blues. A Caspian Tern gave us quite an aerial show and we even got to watch a Belted Kingfisher dive for its meal several times.  All in all, it was a very enjoyable day!