Female Eastern Towhee
The weather was much more pleasant this morning. Walt Childs and I hiked on the trail for about two hours and logged 33 species. We didn't see any migrating warblers, but added five species to the cumulative species list for September 2013, bringing that total to 49 species. I re-read my blog postings from last September, and it wasn't until the 10th of the month when we started to see lots of warblers on the trail. New September 2013 species seen today were Red-tailed Hawk, Northern Harrier, Eastern Kingbird, Eastern Towhee, and Baltimore Oriole.
The Eastern Towhee we saw was a female, and it had unusual white wing markings that looked like a wing bar. Perhaps it is a hybrid with a Spotted Towhee? The juvenile Red-shouldered Hawk put on a nice aerial dsiplay for us.
Female Eastern Towhee
Female Eastern Towhee
Female Eastern Towhee
Juvenile Red-shouldered Hawk
Juvenile Red-shouldered Hawk
Juvenile Red-shouldered Hawk
Female Baltimore Oriole
Female Baltimore Oriole
Sub-adult male Northern Harrier
Sub-adult male Northern Harrier
Eastern Bluebird
Cedar Waxwings
Adult and juvenile Starlings
After I got home, I saw an unusual caterpillar on my garage door. It was a White-marked Tussock Moth caterpillar.
White-marked Tussock Moth caterpillar
White-marked Tussock Moth caterpillar