It's been a while since I've gotten to bird much, but this past weekend Mom & Dad were visiting, and we were able to head out to Thompson WMA and Sky Meadows SP. Had some great birds, the highlights of which were
Cerulean Warblers (4),
Kentucky Warblers (2) and an extremely cooperative
Red-Headed Woodpecker, which landed on a fence post before we even entered the park. Having gotten about as good a look as you can get of these guys, we decided that we had had our fill and didn't need to pay the $4 to enter the park!
Here is a video of one of the Kentucky Warblers. I suspect that this pair was defending young or a nest, because they were
extremely vocal the whole time and almost seemed to follow us down the path. They also were in the same area 45 minutes later when we came back through.
Lisa snapped this great shot of the
Red-Headed Woodpecker:
