A little catch up. I’ve been so tied up since the summer, I never had a chance to post these. Believing it’s better late than never, here’s some pictures from last summer.
I believe this is a Prothonotary Warbler I’d seen only once before:


I mentioned that not all the creatures I see while paddling around the lake are aquatic. This raccoon, while not really aquatic, doesn’t seem to mind the water.

Meanwhile, back on shore, I had herds of hummingbirds through most of August. I’d see 6 or 8 at one time swarming around the feeders, which I had to fill every day. I took to mixing up hummingbird fuel by the gallon.

My point with these pictures isn’t so much that they’re good pictures (these guys are small and fast), but I did catch some that really showed how they can maneuver.

Like this one in an almost-90 degree bank leaving the feeder:

At times it got rather crowded, and it seemed the sky wasn’t big enough for two of ’em. No, there was no mirror between these two: