Kingfisher Chatters

Here are some recent sightings at ARNWR (all posted to the ARNWR Flickr account).

Name	Location	Date	URL
Birds
Great Crested Flycatcher	Taylor Way	11 Jul 2013	http://www.flickr.com/photos/91861642@N05/9335401385/
Eastern Bluebird (juvenile)	Taylor Way	11 Jul 2013	http://www.flickr.com/photos/91861642@N05/9335401239/in/photostream/
Eastern Towhee	Taylor Way	16 Jul 2013	http://www.flickr.com/photos/91861642@N05/9334574083/in/photostream/
Common Yellowthroat	Taylor Way	16 Jul 2013	http://www.flickr.com/photos/91861642@N05/9334575387/in/photostream/
Orchard Oriole	Taylor Way	16 Jul 2013	http://www.flickr.com/photos/91861642@N05/9337361960/in/photostream/
Belted Kingfisher	Taylor Way	16 Jul 2013	http://www.flickr.com/photos/91861642@N05/9337362636/in/photostream/
Blue Jay	Winterberry Way	16 Jul 2013	http://www.flickr.com/photos/91861642@N05/9334577539/in/photostream/
Flora
Chicory	Taylor Way	16 Jul 2013	http://www.flickr.com/photos/91861642@N05/9337361616/in/photostream/
Purple Loosestrife	Taylor Way	16 Jul 2013	http://www.flickr.com/photos/91861642@N05/9334576051/in/photostream/
Queen Anne’s Lace	Taylor Way	16 Jul 2013	http://www.flickr.com/photos/91861642@N05/9334577371/in/photostream/
Insects
Banded Longhorn Beetle	Otter Alley	16 Jul 2013	http://www.flickr.com/photos/91861642@N05/9334575109/in/photostream/

The weather has been hot and water levels are low.  The flow of water at the footbridge on Winterberry Way has reversed direction and is now flow east versus the usual westward flow.

When there is a breeze, mosquitos are absent especially in open areas.  Dragonflies and butterflies are everywhere now.  Lots of Red-spotted Purples Butterflies and Mourning Cloak Butterflies.  The most common Dragonflies these days are Blue Dashers, Eastern Pondhawks and Common Whitetails.

Fledglings are everywhere.  Today (07/22) in the afternoon, the following chicks were seen:

• Common Yellow Throat
• Cedar Waxwing
• Red-winged Blackbird
• Green Heron
• Pine Warbler
• Eastern Phoebe
• Gray Catbird
• Eastern Bluebird
• Common Grackle

There were lots of Belted Kingfishers, Eastern Kingbirds, Chipping Sparrows, Red-winged Blackbirds, Common Grackles, Great Blue Herons, Eastern Phoebes.

Enjoy nature!

- Kingfisher