Okay, so I'm on my way to my 50 new species for the year. Here's a few more I caught this week. This is the rest of the batch from the last post at the North Pond and a few I've spent a few hours researching that I've found at the Magic Hedge.
We'll start with Warblers Are Us!
Okay, this took way more research than you would think. But our first warbler making his way through Chicago during the migration season is a Yellow-Rumped Warbler. Funny, I don't see yellow on his rump, just on his wings... but I'm pretty sure this is right.
I need to go back and really work to get a good shot of one of these; they really are pretty. Yellow Warbler (kind of obvious, that one, yeah?)
From the warbler family, an Ovenbird. I have absolutely no idea how it got that name.
A better look at the bright spot on his head. He was actually a very cooperative little guy, hopping around on the floor of the forest, but out in the open so I could see him for quite a while.
From pretty decent shots, to absolutely awful shots, this is an American Redstart. It's also part of the warbler family. I'm not even sure I'd be able to identify this guy from this shot, but there was a bird-watcher out there who identified him for me.
This was the best view he'd give me for more than half-a-second. The good news is, when I was researching them, they mentioned how the Redstarts like to show off their tail feathers quite a bit, so it helped me to know that, yes, this was what I was dealing with.
And just for comparison sake, a bird I actually counted as new in the last post. This is a female Eastern Towhee. Noticeably browner than the...
... male Eastern Towhee. Sexual dimorphism, they have it. :)
So, that's 4 new species, to go along with the 10 from the last post. 14 new species for 2011 so far!
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