Equinox Birds

Still no sign of migrating hawks, but the warblers are beginning to run. Some summer holdouts remain, and I got to check out the last of our seasonal visitors before the Fall sets in. At Wildflower Meadow were all sorts of surprises.
A brown thrasher,

Well, thrashing about.

And a yellow-bellied flycatcher with a female ruby throated hummingbird.

I was equally surprised by to see the hummer feeding on the goldenrod!

But the star of the show was this spicebush swallowtail!



I also ran into these guys...


could this be the black throated gray-warbler??? (Nope, it is a palm warbler).

Later on at the Conservatory Garden, I caught up with some other hummers!
She was dozing on a rosebush...

She also did some preening,


and feeding!


She wasnt the only one after a meal. This male house finch was gorging on cherries!

At the Meer, I found this wonderful bird--a female gadwall!


Finally, this green heron came in for a landing!

Bring on the raptors!

Butterfly Pix (Part 1)

I was in need of some summer color. Here's a sampler of what was found:
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
Spicebush Swallowtail
All sorts of skippers,