We experienced a number of cold wet days in May, so there were very few opportunities to photograph the spring migrating birds this year. However, we had one unusually steamy day early in the month, and I happened to be standing by the window when a couple of warblers dropped down from the treetops to visit my birdbath.
I almost dropped my camera when I spied this beautiful Magnolia Warbler. I’ve never seen one up close before. It’s hard to believe these tiny little birds fly from Central America to Canada each spring.
We’ve been dealing with an invasion of ants in our house recently, so I was pleased to see this Nashville Warbler plucking and eating ants from the shrub outside my window:
This Cape May Warbler was too shy to visit the birdbath, but he did hunt for insects in our neighbor’s tiny flowering tree.
Cape May Warblers warblers winter in the West Indies where they use their unique semi-tubular tongues to sip nectar from the trees. In the summer they prefer to eat spruce budworms.
I may have seen fewer warblers this year, but it was sure exciting to view a couple of them up close.