It’s The Pits (2)

Fairview Gravel Pit Lake,view from fishing access trail

It’s part 2 of an outing last Saturday at Fairview Gravel Pit Lake, featuring “not warblers” like this beautiful female (or possibly immature/non-breeding plumage male) Scarlet Tanager:

Scarlet Tanager

(ID note: female Scarlet Tanager and non-breeding plumage males look similar except for darker wings on males. In the bird above, wing colour is intermediate, so not 100% sure on the gender.)

American Robin
White-breasted Nuthatch
Northern Flicker

Here’s more White-breasted Nuthatch x Scarlet Tanager:

Distant but fun shots of a lovely Osprey:

Finally, a view of what’s presumably Lower Gravel Pit Lake, across the street from the fishing access ‘upper’ lake covered above and in the last post. Mainline train tracks at center horizon by the power poles.

Lower Gravel Pit Lake