Yellow Warbler
The weather here during the past week has been quite variable. Starting out with sunny skies and hot, humid air, cool fronts brought stormy weather and a 20 degree temperature drop with overcast skies. I was able to get out and do three, one to two hour hikes, and ended up with at least 32 avian species.
Yellow Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Common Yellowthroat
Female Indigo Bunting
Male Indigo Bunting
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Eastern Bluebird
Brown Thrasher
Northern Cardinal
Gray Catbird
Common Grackle
Orchard Oriole
Red-shouldered Hawk
Tree Swallow
White-eyed and Red-eyed Vireos
I'm fairly certain that there is a Killdeer nest in the tall grass just to the west of the fenced in construction parking area along Old Trail Drive. As I was driving by, a Killdeer flew in front of me, and when I stopped and got out of my car, it made a lot of noise to attract my attention, ran across Golf Drive, and then feigned a broken wing. This is typical Killdeer behavior to move potential predators away from their ground nest. I did not walk into the tall grass to look for it.
Killdeer
Killdeer
Peter Rabbit