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

Birding Liberty State Park

 

We decided to try Liberty State Park for migrating Warblers. We are glad we did. The Scarlet Tanager was the highlight, but we also got a pretty good photo of the American Redstart and saw a Wilson's Warbler for the first time.



American Redstart


Yellow Warbler


Least Flycatcher


Wilson's Warbler


Northern Parula


Starling eating worms

Blackburnian Warbler and Friends at Garret Mountain

Blackburnian Warbler

Black-throated Green Warbler

American Redstart

Red-eyed Vireo

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.

Spring Warblers and More at Garret Mountain

Garret Mountain in West Patterson is a good place to see many migrating warblers in the Spring. We went on Saturday and saw several of these darling birds.

Black-throated Blue Warbler

Wood Thrush

Another Wood Thrush (previously unidentified)

Black and White Warbler

Black-throated Green Warbler

Veery

Ovenbird

American Redstart

This bird stayed fairly high in the trees and was difficult to photograph. He wasn't nearly as cooperative as the palm warbler.

Baltimore Oriole

Chris was glad to see her first oriole of the year. We've been hearing some at home but they have not come to the jelly, oranges, or nectar we have left out. We finally did see one in our neighborhood last evening but not in our yard yet.

American Redstart in Jamaica

 

 

 

 

We aren't quite done with Jamaican photos yet. We never got a perfect picture of the American Redstart. He was always darting around and never posed. We called him the falling leaf bird because of an unusual behavior of his. He would "fly" in a spiral pattern that looked just like a falling leaf from the top of a tree to the bottom.