After a not too early start we headed North to go find some Brewster's
Warbler's which I'd never seen before. These are a hybrid between Golden-winged and
Blue-winged Warbler's. We didn't see one. We did see Blue-winged, Hooded,
Prairie, Redstart, Common Yellowthroat, Worm-eating, Black and White and
several others, 12 species in all as well as Osprey, Bald Eagle, Broad-winged,
Red-shouldered and Red-tailed all together in a five minute aerial spectacle.
There were Yellow-throated and Red-eyed Vireos, Ruffed Grouse drumming and
Lady's Slipper Orchids. We then spent a good while walking the Appalachian
Trail (a little bit anyway) we did talk to some hardy through hikers along the
way. We then went and found a few Cerulean Warblers though very high up in the
trees singing away.
I got home around 4pm utterly wrecked, made cup of tea and went and sat in the
blind for an hour and had a nice Nashville Warbler. I crashed around 8:30 and
woke up at 11:30 with horrendous leg cramps, so went downstairs and ate
a banana and drank a few pints of Squincher electrolytes stuff then went back
to bed. I woke at 1:30 desperately needing a pee and got another leg cramp.
Did you know you can't pee when you have a leg cramp? That'll teach me to
drink more when I'm out hiking the Appalachian Trail.
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Blue-winged Warbler
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| Prairie Warbler |
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| Prairie Warbler |
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Yellow Lady's Slipper Orchid
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Yellow-Lady's Slipper Orchid
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Yellow Lady's Slipper Orchid
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| Cerulean Warbler |
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| Nashville Warbler |
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