Blackburnian Warbler and Friends at Garret Mountain

Blackburnian Warbler

Black-throated Green Warbler

American Redstart

Red-eyed Vireo

Northern Flicker from Garret Mountain

The Northern Flicker is one of our favorite types of woodpeckers found in New Jersey. We get plenty of red-bellied woodpeckers and downy woodpeckers in our yard. We get an occasional hairy woodpecker and other members of the woodpecker family including yellow-bellied sapsuckers and white-breasted nuthatches. The suet feeders and seed keep most of these woodpeckers coming back. A downy woodpecker has even made a home in a hollowed out tree limb. However, the northern flicker doesn't come to our feeders but stops by occasionally to eat insects off the ground or trees. Here are two photos of this bird that we took at Garret Mountain this weekend.

Palm Warbler from Garret Mountain

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We were pleased to see this palm warbler fly to a tree right next to us. What a beautiful bird.

Robin Nest at Garret Mountain

 

Robins were the most common bird we saw as Garret Mountain. Here's a photo of a robin's nest we came upon. (At least we think it is a robin. Mike saw a female robin fly to this nest.) Last year, we were lucky to have a robin's nest in our yard. No such luck this year yet.

Garret Mountain Birds

Inspired by Tom Walsh's and Dan Murray's posts to the New Jersey Birding list, we decided to go to Garret Mountain in West Paterson, NJ, in hopes of seeing the Hooded Warbler. We're glad we did because this is an adorable little bird.

We also saw a Ruby-Crowned Kinglet, an Eastern Towhee, and a Phoebe

Ruby-Crowned Kinglet


Eastern Towhee


Phoebe

The first thing we saw was a chipmunk with its mouth full.


Chipmunk