Warblers from Glenhurst Meadows

Yellow Rumped Warbler


Palm Warbler


Common Yellowthroat (Immature Male)

Common Yellowthroat and Hummingbirds: Hotel Montage in Laguna Beach, CA

More Birds from Cape May

Brown Thrasher


Yellow Warbler


Common Yellowthroat (female)


Hummingbird



Northern Parula


American Redstart (female)


Unidentified Wet Bird


Black and White Warbler

Spring Migrants

Baltimore Oriole 

Common Yellowthroat 

American Redstart

In May, many migrating birds fly through New Jersey. While we like Cape May, Garret Mountain and other birding hot spots, our neighborhood park is a short walk away and an okay spot to see a few birds high in the treetops. We've got a glimpse of a scarlet tanager two mornings in the past week, but no photos (yet). We also saw a Tennessee warbler. The Baltimore Orioles are active and we've also seen an American Redstart and a common yellowthroat.

Our last batch of Arizona Birds

Mexican Jay: Mount Lemmon. We we surprised to see this jay drinking out of a tree cavity

Black-throated Sparrow: Madera Cabyon

Lesser Goldfinches (and Pine Siskins): Madera Canyon. We saw many bird in Arizona that were more colorful than the common New Jersey Birds. However, the American goldfinch, the state bird of NJ, is more spectacular than the lesser goldfinches.

 

Ladder-backed woodpecker: Not our best shot ever, but we've never seen one before

 

Common Yellowthroat: Sweetwater Commons

Curve-billed thrasher: Sabino Canyon

Cooper's Hawk outside our hotel room

And we couldn't resist taking a photo of the Abert's Squirrel aka Tassel-eared Squirrel.

Common Yellowthroat from Rutgers Newark

 

This little cutie was near the yellow-breasted chat, right in front of the Dana Library at Rutgers Newark.

Common Yellowthroat from Higbee WMA, Cape May