This morning on a rainy Labor Day my friend Jim Guinity called to see if I wanted to go birding. We checked out the shorebirds on Dunedin causeway first with most of the usual birds grounded in the rain. As the skies broke just a little we birded nearby Dunedin Hammocks where we will be banding birds in a couple weeks. We followed flock after flock of small migrants though the trees. Among them were Red-eyed Vireo, Tennessee Warbler, Blue-winged Warbler, Golden-winged Warbler, Northern Parula, Yellow Warbler, Yellow-throated Warbler, Bay-breasted Warbler, Black-and-White Warbler, American Redstart, Prothonotary Warbler, Northern Waterthrush, Common Yellowthroat, Hooded Warbler, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Barred Owl, Brown Thrasher and a few Flycatchers.
How I wish those birds would hang around but I know when their bellies are full in just a day or so they will be moving south with millions just like them towards their winter homes.
Birds by Dave 