Oh Wow, Warblers!
I’m taking a warbler course to brush up on my ID skills, and we took our first field trip a week ago.
About two hours south of me in Maryland is an area known to birders as Bear Swamp. No, there are no bears! But it is a beautiful, ancient swamp and known to be one of the first areas on the eastern shore where the earliest warblers arrive.
Our quest was to find eight warblers. I found and photographed them all, along with one other exciting species I shared at the end.
I’ll start with a scene setting with a welcoming song!
Prothonotary Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
Yellow-throated Warbler
Prairie Warbler
American Redstart
Common Yellowthroat
Prothonotary Warbler
Ovenbird
Louisiana Waterthrush
American Redstart
Prothonotary Warbler
I couldn’t help myself with those Prothonotary extras! 😉
Although this was a Warbler birding trip, we had a fabulous encounter with a Barred Owl, my first-ever photos of one, so I gotta share it!
Barred Owl
Bay Photos by Donna 