Little Birdies
My next few posts will be done in category groupings with lots of photos so I can ‘catch up’ on sharing the beauty of the birds along Cape Hatteras National Seashore during their October migration to or through here.
Let’s start with the little birdies…..those that stayed still long enough to allow me a photograph or two. 😉
Swamp Sparrow (new lifer #212 💃)
Savannah Sparrow
House Sparrow (actually a year-round resident)
Blackburnian Warbler (new lifer #213 💃)
Blackburnian Warbler
Palm Warbler (Western female)
Palm Warbler (Western female)
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Carolina Chickadee (another year-round resident)
Brown Creeper
Brown Creeper
Red-breasted Nuthatch
American Redstart (female)
Thank you, HJ (Avian101), for your assistance in confirming my two new lifers and the Palm Warbler (Western)!!
What a nice group of birdies! Congratulations for the 2 new “lifers” you’re adding to your list. Thanks for mentioning my blog. 🙂
Thank you, HJ, boy, those little birdies are fast and teasing! 🙂
I like to see tree creepers and nuthatches so this was a treat.
Glad to treat you to them!
Very nice and what variety!
Thank you Belinda!
These are great. I especially liked the Brown Creeper 😀😀😀
Thanks Ted! The Brown Creeper was a real treat for me, best shots of one for me to date. 😀
Love your series of shots. How in the world did you spot the brown creeper? It blends in so well. 😊💙
Thanks, Irene! It was pure luck with the Brown Creeper. 🙂 Standing still and just slowly looking around at the canopy of trees I was under, he shot from one tree to another and I saw the movement. It was exciting, I’ve only seen them a few times ever! 😊
Gotta love it! 😊
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Great shots, Donna and I am so impressed with you being able to ID them all. I am hopeless at most warblers and sparrows!
Thank you, Eliza! I’m not so good either on non-common ones. I’ll pour through my books/guides and allaboutbirds.org; and if still not quite sure, I’ve emailed HJ with my photo and my guess. He’s an awesome bird expert, and I keep on learning! 🙂
A beautiful showcase of tiny birds Donna
Thank you, Ashley!
Thank you for sharing the beauty of these birds. Great photos, Donna!
Thank you, Isabel!
Awesome assortment of little birdies, Donna!!
Thank you, Indira!! It’s real exciting to capture the little birdies, they don’t allow you much time to capture them. Such teasers!!
Your palm warbler pictures are stunning! I saw my first swamp sparrow a couple of weeks ago. Love the way the American redstart is posing.
Thank you, Barbara! Such fun with the challenge of little birds, and spotting/capturing a new lifer is dance time! 💃
Oops, I wanted to mention too, the Redstart in my header is a Painted Redstart, not an American. But still a Redstart yay!! 🙂
Nice shots. And well done with those evasive warblers!
Thank you, Kathy!
Great shots Donna. Looks like an exciting place where you have been.
Thanks Hans! We’ve camped the Outer Banks barrier islands several times over the years, it has the best of both worlds, great sound/bay side for marshes and wetlands and the ocean side for putting your toes in the sand and chilling. 🙂
Lovely little birdies indeed! Wonderful photos!
Thank you, Takami! They are always the adorable ones. 😊
Lovely photos Donna, I can appreciate how hard it can be to photograph the smaller birds as they often move so fast! The little birdies are so cute! I especially love the little warblers. And that brown creeper certainly has excellent camouflage!
Thank you, Sue, they certainly keep you on your toes trying to follow them! 😉 I love the challenge, and I love love when I succeed. 💃
Love the collection of little birds! They are so cute!
Cute and quick! 😉 I missed so many, but have fun trying!
Very nice Donna! Beautiful series of images! Fun to see the smaller birds!😊
Thanks, Reed! It’s been fun trying to capture those little birdies, they do not like to sit still very long! 😉
Niceee 🌼😍😍😍😍
Thank you!
My pleasure 🙂♥️🤗🤗
These are wonderful (and I know all too well how most of them are so difficult to catch!!!) Great job. Don’t know how you manage to tell them apart. We have a bunch that dart in and out of the willow trees across the driveway, but they hardly ever sit still long enough for a shot. Eric still tries (and succeeds) occasionally, but I gave up.
It’s a fantastic series. Congrats on adding to your lifer list!
Thank you very much, Gunta! Many times I cannot tell them apart and just take the shots and figure it out later if I score any successes. 🙂
I so love the “bitty birds” like my Wrens.
The tiny ones are indeed lovable, so cute and adorable. 🙂