In celebration of the crashed humidity, I felt that an atypical excursion (at least for me) was definitely in order. Man, that sounds lame. Anyway, while most assuredly quite lame, and with a gimpy leg to prove it, I explored Ashbridges Bay spit. It was good to visit my old stomping ground, even for little else than reminiscing what’s it was like to stomp. There were several other birders, albeit real birders, that shared the spit while trying not to step on a small dog, or be run-over by a cyclist, or by an electric scooter, or to collide with those myriad runners in wee shorts, not even pausing to ask for directions. but desperately searching for the finish line somewhere in Boston. The wind was ferocious, ambitious to disburse some hats, and having a fling with the lakefront, producing ostentatious waves and littoral fountains of spray that could render a spectator quite giddy. It was really great to breath it all in. There were not that many real birders on-site after all. Of course, I’m approaching the scene strictly from a photographic perspective and am therefore not preoccupied with a tally. From my vantage point the abundant direct sunlight was a constant challenge, perhaps even on par with the deft navigational skills needed to avert high-speed interruptions. Sighting included: many Warbling vireos, Rose-breasted grosbeak, Great crested flycatcher, Least flycatcher, Spotted sandpipers, Eastern kingbirds, Yellow warbler, many Bay-breasted warblers, Canada warbler (maybe), Chestnut-sided warbler, Gray catbird, lots of swallows (various species), one Wood duck in eclipse plumage, and Baltimore orioles. If I was any good at this game I might have seen much more.
Great crested flycatcher
Least flycatcher
Warbling vireo
Gray catbird
Juvenile Bay-breasted warbler
Juvenile Bay-breasted warbler
Juvenile Magnolia warbler
Warbling vireo
Yellow-bellied flycatcher
Baltimore oriole
Gray catbird
Juvenile Bay-breasted warbler
Rose-breasted grosbeak
Warbling vireo
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