Today's excursion was to the small Nature Preserve on FIU's main campus. I got in a lot of practice taking pictures of warblers, but now that I look at them, the pictures didn't come out as great as I thought they did.
A good spot. Breeding season should be picking up soon, so I won't have the "it's too early in the year" excuse anymore. Today I really tried to take my time and observe behavior to see if the birds were in a mating mood, or showing signs of territoriality, or carrying food or nesting material. I didn't see anything like that this time, but hopefully soon!
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| I think the most common species I saw was Gray Catbird. |
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| Blue-gray Gnatcatcher taking off. You can really see the white tail feathers |
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| The shot that made the trip worthwhile. A male Painted Bunting. |
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| Great Blue Heron |
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| Almost all the sports field light posts had nests on them. I didn't see any bird hanging around though. |
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| I had a little trouble figuring out what species of hawk this is because a lot of juvenile hawks looks the same. I decided this is a Cooper's Hawk because the tail bands (seen in an unpublished photo) are rather large |
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| Yellow-rumped Warbler. I'm pretty sure this bird is less than a year old because it's so brown. |
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| Took me forever to capture the Black and White Warbler and then I can't even line up the shot. This is a female. |
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| Northern Parula! A new species for the blog, I'm very proud of this picture. |
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