It was so nice this morning (24 Aug) I decided I would sit on the deck for a while and get to work a little later than planned. I kept thinking that is was so fall-like that there had to be some warblers moving through and I didn't want to leave until I had seen at least one. Didn't take long.
The Carolina Wrens were particularly fussy about something this morning and soon a Kentucky Warbler hopped up to see what was going on. It foraged around a dogwood for about 5 minutes, picking up a few green caterpillars that I've been trying to find and photograph and making it look easy to find them, chasing off a couple of House Finches (sic'em dude), and throwing in a few chip notes to the wren din.
Though they breed in the region, this is only the second Kentucky Warbler I've had in the yard in the past 3-1/2 years.
A young Brown Thrasher also came out to see what the wrens were fussing about.
We had a single Common Nighthawk working the neighborhood Sunday night.
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