Successful Capture

I have been trying to spot a Scarlet Tanager all season and finally spotted not one, but two. The males are a vivid red with black wings and tail. I think they are even brighter red than Cardinals.

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Here are some other recent sightings. This Northern Flicker, a large woodpecker, was looking for his favorite snack…ants. There are two varieties of Flicker. This is the Yellow-shafted and you can glimpse the bit of yellow on the wing. The other variety, Red-shafted, is more common in the West.

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Birds are still molting and this poor Yellow Warbler looks pretty scruffy compared to his neighbor.

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The blue of the Indigo Bunting nearly matches the sky.

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Who is that masked bird? A Common Yellowthroat is peeking out from the foliage.

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This is the somewhat unpopular Brown-headed Cowbird. Unpopular because they lay their eggs in someone else’s nest.

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