*Addendum: As I told a friend the other day, I know just enough about birds to be dangerous. My favorite birding expert took a look at my photo and informed me that these are goldfinches, still in their paler winter plumage (that's what threw me off). It is still a little early for warblers here. Goldfinches, I learned, can be seen year-round here in southern Minnesota , though I've seen very few and then only in the summer or early fall.
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Warblers?! It did not reach 40 degrees here today. I'm afraid warblers are a couple weeks off here. But I did see and hear my first song sparrow today.
Oops, see my correction. Not warblers after all; goldfinches, apparently!
Thanks for writing.
Don't worry. I had one of those moments today. I saw something that I identified as a "ruby crowned kinglet or maybe least flycatcher or maybe some kind of warbler or something." Who knows?
Hey, Rob -- I'm looking into investing in a camera with a significantly increased zoom (my birthday's coming up...) There are some compact digitals with up to 20x zoom, and no need to carry around a big heavy lens. I also intend to try some "digiscoping" with Dave's spotting scope. We'll see... Should help with the identifications and result in better bird pics for the blog!
Tuesday, April 29 (ten days later): now the Lower Arboretum is full of yellow-rumped warblers.
Affectionately known in the birding world as "butter butts"! I'll have to check it out. Thanks for the tip!
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