I’ve been trying to write this next post with photos from Kouchibouguac National Park taken on August 19, with the thought in mind that I might get around to more recent photos before I go on my next trip, and, well, you can see how it’s not been going as planned.
Anyway, I intended to post pictures from the entire day but there are way too many of them to make any sense out of, so I’m concentrating here on the sometimes frustrating looks we had at warblers who were just beginning to migrate, or getting ready to do so – and displaying plumages I likely will never see again.
Northern Parula
Northern Parulas were everywhere. Which is why I have entirely too many pictures of them. The Bay-breasted Warbler below was not entirely cooperative. But most fascinating to me was being forced to concentrate on the entire jizz of the bird instead of particular field marks, because many of them weren’t painted in yet…
Bay-Breasted Warbler 
Cape May Warbler 
I expect I’ll be back with the other intended half of this post pretty quickly, with most of it taken along the beach.
For what it’s worth, the Magnificat last Sunday was pretty magnificent in its own right and I am grateful to have taken part in it. Beyond that I feel like the month has taken off at a frenetic pace that has not let up and I am on a timer, not just a treadmill. But I admire y’all with your holiday spirit and wish you glad tidings.
No doubt about the colour of that rump. I am glad that your Magnificat went well.
Thanks. I thought the music would be possessing me a little longer but I think we all worked so hard, it got its release in the performance.
I’ve never heard of Northern Perulas – an attractive bird.
Thanks—they’re not seen so much around here during migration and they look a lot spiffier then. 🙂