A day with birds and bugs

We spent the morning yesterday at Sharon Mills looking for several birds – Blue Grosbeak, Grasshopper Sparrow and Bobolink. We managed to hear them all. We even saw a Red-headed Woodpecker.

Essentially it was a day spent at Grasslands, and the scrub bordering them.

Some other highlights included a Ringlet and a Baltimore. Both rather nice butterflies.

An unidentified bush-cricket.

A Twelve-spotted Skimmer.

Widow skimmer.

A Dot-tailed whiteface.

And finally an Azure bluet.

More tomorrow…