I set up the scope in the pond thicket, this morning, to get photos of the
Indigo Buntings, which are everywhere out there right now. I got some good
Bunting photos and then spotted a Yellow Warbler nearby, which posed for photos
and then a juvenile Song Sparrow and a Blue Grosbeak. I posted photos of each
to Flickr (links follow), all taken without moving the tripod and within about
15 minutes.
During that ~15 minutes, I also saw Northern Cardinals, Indigo Buntings, a
House Wren (a first here this year), Ruby-throated Hummingbirds, and an Orchard
Oriole, in the same flowering plum tree where I photographed the Yellow Warbler
and Song Sparrow. It's foliage has been completely "laced" by Japanese beetles
and is now nearly see through. I watched two Baltimore Orioles picking
Japanese beetles out of crepe myrtle blooms, this morning, which is the first
that I've ever seen any bird eat the disgusting things.
Stephen Tyson, Schochoh, Logan Co.
https://flic.kr/p/KhFiy1
https://flic.kr/p/KhFims
https://flic.kr/p/JvD2rB
https://flic.kr/p/KpdX2d
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