A Great Day Spent Taking a Bad Photo
Gangs at Jordan Lake?
It has taken me a while to realize this but I live in a great place: Especially, for those of us addicted to birds and other wildlife. My goal for the day was to find a Prothonotary Warbler. I was able to find one this morning: Mission accomplished. I could not get close enough for a photo. It was way in the back of a beaver pond and I didn’t feel like wading.
The Raleigh area doesn’t have the numbers of these warblers that the Roanoke River has, so tomorrow I may head to the Charles Kuralt Trail in the Roanoke River Wetlands. Prothonotary Warblers like swamps and nest in tree cavities. That trail meanders through a huge swamp. Who knows, in addition to getting a great photo (or any photo) of the bright yellow warbler I may be able to get a photo of a Cottonmouth Water Moccasin or Rattlesnake.
Having met my goal early I made the decision to explore. I have been trying to find a Baltimore Oriole for quite a while. I located some public land close to the North Carolina Museum of Art and quickly found an Orchard Oriole. Hey, I am getting close. One of the folks on the land told me that they have quite a few Baltimore Orioles during the migration. I am embarrassed to tell you how excited I am about this.
Eastern Phoebe
I ended the day in one of the waterfowl empoundments at Jorday Lake. There are lots of flycatchers and phoebes there and I was hoping to get a good photo. I believe that I need to wear camoflauge next time and build a blind. I just could not get close enough to them. I would find a good place and they would quit using it. I would move and they would move. It was really getting frustrated. All I was able to get was this bad photo.
