Cape May (9/12/2009) - Lark Sparrow day
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Birding in Cape May during the annual Monarch migration.
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American Goldfinch in Fall plumage enjoying Coneflower seeds.
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Common Grackle. It molted the outer tail feathers and is left with a thin strip of a tail.
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Red-eyed Vireo.
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Great Egret. This bird's neck just kept going, and going, and going.....
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This is the central motif of the Argiope, or "Writing Spider".
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Argiope. Later in the day the disc is finished and, true to form, she's hiding behind the disc showing only her legs.
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Argiope. My movement near her orb web arouses her interest and she moves out into view.
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Uh, oh! I've come too close and she's mad. Watch the movie in the next space and see what kind of antics she uses to scare me off.
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A Sandhill Crane. Rare visitor in NJ. This is an immature.
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Sandhill Crane, imm.
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Sandhill Crane, imm.
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Sandhill Crane, imm.
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Sandhill Crane, imm. Borrowed someone's scope and took a picture through it.
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Sandhill Crane, imm. Borrowed someone else's scope and took another picture.
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Marsh Pink (Sabbatia stellaris)
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Green Frog 9/12/09 Cape May
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Black-crowned Night Heron, imm.
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Semi-palmated Plovers looking for food to fatten up for the flight South.
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Semi-palmated Plovers, Killdeer, and Canada Goose.
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Mallard, imm. Not the usual duckling, but a bird nearly grown.
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Mallard, imm.
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Mallard, imm. Managed to get that trace of green near the eye.
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Mallard, imm. Speculum
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Mallard, imm. Flexing those teenage flight muscles.
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Palm Warbler, Fall
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Palm Warbler, Fall
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Could that be a dolphin?! no.....
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It's two dolphins!
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Savannah Sparrow
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Sparrow, Savannah
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