It’s almost fall, but the foliage remains in full summer mode = a shady Pine Tree Trail Sunday afternoon. Final/part 6 of Weekend Update content, here’s lots of mostly poorly lit bird shots:
Here’s a very interesting sighting of male Scarlet Tanager w/ non-breeding plumage. (Breeding plumage = full red w/ black wings.) Note the overall tanager shape + dark wings + black ‘shoulders’ (scapulars).
[Editor’s note: what are ‘scapulars?‘]
Another interesting sighting, this time of (probably) Yellow-bellied Flycatcher. Didn’t get a good shot of the belly, but note the overall olive/hint yellow colour, + yellow throat, + slightly yellow eyering, + final shot shows a hint of the yellow underside.
Probably juvenile Yellow-rumped Warbler:
Shady Yellow-billed Cuckoo; one spotted towards east end of Pine Tree Trail, and two together, later, towards west end:
This is a tough one, but probably Pine Warbler. (And even if not, it’s a warbler in a pine tree = “pine warbler.”)
Loved the pine warbler staring into the lens!
Lovely to see real Autumn leaves! Not much in the Aridzona!
Not much foliage in Pennsylvania yet, either, but it’ll be here soon enough