One of my reasons for choosing Lake Arrowhead State Park was it was close to home. Also a lake might attract some interesting migrating birds.
Great Egrets and Great Blue Herons!
We had seen this fish the night before. And still no one except the ants had found it. A dead Viceroy laid on the pavement 🙁 However it does make for easy still shot.Many of the Hackberry trees in the park have been defoliated. At least some of it was done by this larva. Furthermore it took me awhile to find one. So this one was only about 3 mm.On Wednesday’s early morning walk I found a flock of these in a Hackberry. I didn’t recognize them as the sunlight was hitting them harshly. The tree was full with more than a dozen small birds! Additionally they were hopping quickly between what remained of the leaves. Good excuse…LOL.
At any rate I took multiple shots trying to get a lot of angles.
Occasionally I would see a bit of yellow, but not on all.
A better shot of the tail.
For several minutes I watched the flock gleaning the larvae from the leaves. Some of the larvae was dark but some were a bright green. My conclusion for the bird species was a Yellow-rumped Warbler, at least some them. Thanks Claire for the help. Note: The shots of the birds were not of the same bird in the photos.
I may have seen yellow rumped warblers in my yard yesterday. Couldnt ever get good look but they were tiny and fast.
They are quick indeed. 😊
Very interesting article about indigenous data protection. Long overdue in my opinion.