Things have been quiet around here because local birding is relatively quiet. A quick visit to Theler Wetlands on Thursday certainly confirmed that. Although we were greeted by a virtual symphony of bird songs, our actual sightings were quite limited.
A highlight of our visit was a sighting of our resident Marsh Wren
whose wetlands have finally recovered from last Winter’s snow and high tides.
We think we sighted several Tree Swallows in flight, but I was only capture a few shots of the Barn Swallows resting on the rails.
We hadn’t seen or heard the Belted Kingfisher on our last few visits, but this female Kingfisher flew down on a branch right in front of us.
I would have to say that the highlight of the day was the brilliant greens of early Summer foliage highlighted by a variety of purple flowers like these delicate flowers found in the deepest shade
and these showier stalk that lined the trail in more open areas.
Ironically, I could have gotten more shots of birds and flowers in my backyard, but then we wouldn’t have gotten the four mile walk in.