Prothonotary Warbler at Fairmount Park

We had sort of been ignoring Fairmount Park as a birding spot, but reports of the Prothonotary Warbler there piqued our interest. We took a look on the weekend, but we arrived sort of late and there were too many non birders around and we didn't find the target bird. We had some time this morning, so figuring a weekday would be less crowded, off we went. We probably spent about an hour or so with no luck, but with the help of a handful of other "regulars" who must frequent Fairmount often, we were able to get great looks at this beautiful warbler. What a show it was putting on! It stayed in the same tree for a long time so we saw it from many angles and got to observe its personality. In fact, Chris calls him Mr. Personality in the first picture. Don't you just love the glint in the eye and the "look at me" pose?

Dairy Mart Ponds San Diego

Ruby-crowned Kinglet


Black-crowned night heron (juvenile)


Northern Waterthrush


Great Blue Heron with a fish


Kestrel with a dragon fly

Red-Shouldered Hawk

We came home and he was perched on our wall.

Five warbler day

You can tell the fall migration has started. We had five kinds of warblers come by today. Oh and a thrush too


Wilson's warbler


Nashville warbler


Black-throated gray warbler


Yellow-rumped Warber


Wilson's warbler


Orange-crowned Warbler


Swainson's thrush