Palm Warbler

This morning it was 37 degrees and overcast. The very last thing I would have expected was to see a warbler. Second-to-last would be sunshine.

I saw both!

This was probably my most successful photo shoot ever, because I was actually patient. I didn’t get up and move around trying to get closer to the bird. It meant waiting awhile and experiencing some of the other pleasures of being there — birdsong, a pileated woodpecker laughing, ducks. It also meant this little bird was not disturbed and didn’t change its normal activity as a result of my intrusion.

In fact, I’m pretty sure it took a bird-nap at one point. Its tail stopped flicking and it sat still for perhaps five minutes. That’s pretty relaxed!

I didn’t get any good pictures of palm warblers last year, so this is a great start to the spring warbler season.

In a separate jaunt today with my husband and the girls, we saw ruby-crowned and golden-crowned kinglets and a possible red-tail’s nest to monitor. All in all it was a great day!