I couldn’t believe the change in bird activity this morning on my early morning trip to the local park. Warblers were numerous in the park trees. I can only assume that a fall of migrating birds had arrived on their spring migration. In stead of standing in silence with no birds to be seen apart from the od Palm Warbler the trees were full of little movements and sounds. The hghlight though was this amazing Solitary Vireo.

I have read about Vireos before and on previous trips caught glimpses of them but have never managed a clear enough view to put a name to one! Can you just imagine my pleasure when I glimpsed this bird. I didn’t get a good photo at first and then after staking a bush out for half an hour it suddenly showed itself again and I managed a few photos with the sun out and in a good position.

As I look at the photo I can’t believe how lucky I have been to see such a superb bird, everything about it is absolutely lovely. I see that they are not a particularly scarce bird in the USA which says a lot about the grest birds they have on this continent.

Other Warblers included this Yellow Throated Warbler seen last week as well but I didn’t get a great shot. A bit of patience pays off in the end.

and wow…………. look at this beautiful Palm Warbler male in full breeding condition. This one was a bit harder to get photods of because they are so active.

I also saw this obviously female warbler that I do need to positively ID………. is it a female Yellow Rumped Warbler?

As well as these birds there was a Black and Whit arbler and who knows what else would have appeared if I had been able to stay a little longer.
This next one is a Palm Warbler and one of the best shots of this bird this trip.