October 14, 2022
Sunrise at The Boneyard
Monthly Archives: October 2022
Sunrise at The Boneyard, Earlier Views
For a few minutes I thought the sunrise was going to be a dud.
Slowly it looked a little more promising.
October 14, 2022
Autumn Gold at Wooden Trunk
Fall is here in look and cooler temperatures.
This trunk drains Lodge Pond, a sliver of which can be seen to the right.
Donnelley Wildlife Management Area, SC
October 16, 2022
Roseate Spoonbills Heading Out
We came across a flock of Roseate Spoonbills as the fog was lifting yesterday, about a half hour after sunrise.
Our hopes of getting on the other side of them for better light did not pan out.
Bear Island Wildlife Management Area, SC
October 16, 2022
Field of Milkweed
There was a lot of Milkweed in this unmown field and a touch of fall foliage around the perimeter.
In the hour or so I was there the sky clouded up.
The breeze lifted a few seeds up and away, but it was not very dramatic.
Looking into the corner of the field a Blue Jay zipped into a tree.
Piscataquis County, Maine
September 29, 2022
Silent Sunday: Sunrise
October 14, 2022
Palm Warbler, Maine
On my recent trip to Maine I was amazed to witness some warbler migration. I grew up near where these were taken and don’t remember ever seeing anything like the hundreds of birds I saw in the vicinity including a variety of warblers and finches.
The mowed lawn seen above was backed by a field of “weeds” that were bursting with all sorts of seeds and flying insects–a song bird buffet.
I had not taken my long lens on this trip and could not get close enough to most of them with the 18-200mm; this one fellow seemed a bit more curious.
This particular bird is much more colorful than the Palm Warbler I had photographed a few days before in Charleston, SC.
ID by Cornell Lab’s Merlin App
Penobscot County, Maine
September 16, 2022
Four-spotted Pennants on Chinese Tallow
Chinese Tallow, also known as Popcorn Tree, is an invasive species that crowds out native vegetation and is notoriously hard to get rid of. These trees have been treated but you can see from the sprouting vegetation are not dead.
These dragonflies found the “popcorn” seeds to be good perches.
Magnolia Plantation and Gardens, Charleston, SC
September 19, 2022
Milkweed Seeds Dancing
These Milkweed seeds had broken out of their pod but weren’t getting away.
It was breezy, but not enough to set the seeds free while I was watching.
Another perspective, looking down on the cluster.
Piscataquis County, Maine
September 29, 2022
Palm Warbler
I had seen this Palm Warbler skittering ahead of me down the trail and given up hope of photographing it in the thick underbrush. Then he landed in this dead tree.
He looked around…
Staying put for about 3 seconds in the spread leg position…
Then he was off…
The last I saw of him before he flew back into the undergrowth.
ID by Cornell Lab’s Merlin App
Magnolia Plantation and Gardens, Charleston, SC
September 16, 2022