HollerPhenology

Lots of warblers fueling up in the Holler!

For the past couple of weeks, the Holler has been especially lively with several species of warblers de-bugging the trees, and cleaning up plants in my container garden.

Here are some individuals that showed up between August 18th and September 5th -- and sat still long enough for me to get some photos!

Black-throated green warbler, 18 August 2024. [Photo: Cathie Bird]

 

Chestnut-sided warbler, 5 September 2024. [Photo: Cathie Bird]

 

Northern parula warbler, 18 August 2024. [Photo: Cathie Bird]

 

Ovenbird, 5 September 2024. [Photo: Cathie Bird]

 

Pine warbler, 26 August 2024. [Photo: Cathie Bird]

 

Tennessee warbler, 5 September 2024. [Photo: Cathie Bird]

 

Northern parula warbler

Several weeks ago, a female Northern Parula warbler started showing up at my bird feeders. She's clearly gathering food now and flying off with it, so I hope I get to see some fledglings at some point. I see several kinds of warblers here in the Holler, but this is the first I have seen as a regular feeder visitor since I moved here in the Fall of 2000.

On July 15th, she collected a little suet and caught a spider before flying away. [Cathie Bird photo, July 15, 2024]

 

Yesterday she came to gather suet. [Cathie Bird photo, July 25, 2024]

Fledgling woodpeckers and a scarlet tanager brighten up a rainy day in the Holler

This past week, the Holler was full of new voices. Some belonged to migrating birds arriving for the breeding season, or just passing through on their way farther north. But quite a few came from titmouse and woodpecker parents that built nests near my house this spring.

Yesterday after the clouds had dropped what water they had, some of these voices showed up in person, sitting still long enough for me to get some photos.

Two downy woodpecker fledglings and their mom, June 2, 2024  [Photo: Cathie Bird]

 

A scarlet tanager male gets a bite of suet... [Photo: Cathie Bird, 6/2/24]

...then takes a break on a nearby post. [Photo: Cathie Bird, 6/2/24]