Little Miss EightySeven...

 Hello Little Miss EightySeven! Welcome to our garden...

While standing somewhat numb and making breakfast, I saw something odd flashing around in our gardens. A little warbly thing is always guaranteed to wake me up!And this was a new one for our little oasis in the city. A female Bay-breasted Warbly! Luckily my camera was taking up too much space on the kitchen counter(use your Doodle voice here!) I managed quite a few slightly fuzzy shots through the window.

While tracking her through the bushes and over the rocks to our small pond, what did I spy with my cameras eye? A Blackburnian Warbly splish splashing! What a great day to not be doing what I'm supposed to be doing and staring out the window instead! I need to do this more often...

 The tell tale booty of a Bay-breasted Warbly...and you thought taking butt shots was silliness.

 She's working her way to the water for a little bath.

 She paused when she saw the bath was occupied.

 By far, one of the worst Blackburnian Warbly photos ever taken in the United States.

I got skills....

 Whoa! Wait a second...who's that running across the back of the pond?

It's a female Common Yellowthroat!

And in the front garden, lurking through the shrubs and evergreens was her main man!

We don't often see this many warblies in our gardens on the same day.

 I found it to be a good excuse to stay home and bird watch from home...

Stay tuned for more of...

Yard Birdin'!

Not Magee Marsh...

 Who's my favorite lil warbly thing?

Nope, not Magee this week. Too much of a good thing and all that...So, I went to the Cleveland Lakefront Nature Preserve...on the lakefront...in Cleveland. Just on the edge of downtown, this is part of the Lake Erie Birding Trail and it is a reclaimed area created by the dredging of Lake Erie and the Cuyahoga River.   This place is amazing, considering where it's located and what it's made of. LOTS of birds, butterflies, mammals and reptiles have made it their home. An oasis amidst a pile of cement.

The trails are easy to walk, and improvements are being made in a large wildflower meadow. Be careful though...the bathrooms aren't always open! That just made me walk a little faster near the end...

 Black-and-White Warblies are goofier than me. Hard to believe.

An American Redstart nested here last year...maybe again this year!

I also spotted a Chestnut-sided Warbly in this same area as well as an Ovenbird.

You don't want to see those photos...ugh.

 This female Baltimore Oriole was trying to hide from all of the obnoxious males.

Hmmmm...just like humans...

 

              "Oh Yeah?!"                                                                                     "Yeah!!"                     

  These guys were having a "whistle off." I got bored and didn't see who won.

 I think this was a Brown-headed Cowbird doing his imitation of a plane landing at the airport next door...or not.

 

 "No, no, no. It was more like this! Look and learn!"

 

 Oh my! It's the "marsh bandit!"

Wait...no...it's a Common Yellowthroat.

My mistake...

 

 Go meow.

 

 I think this is a Least Flycatcher.

That's why the photo is so small.

 

 This is a test.

Who's doing the scrub-a-dub here?

 

 Peek-a-boo!

Four score and twenty blackbirds ago, our Lincoln's Sparrow washed behind his beak.

I think I need a nap now...

 

 This is an amazingly poor photo of an Osprey with a fresh wiggly fish lunch.

Something you don't see in downtown Cleveland everyday!

 This Ruby-crowned Kinglet has lost his crown in the weeds.

Not funny, but I'm tired...

 

 This is a Song Sparrow making up a song.

It was a nice song that he sang.

 

 This is a Warbling Vireo doing nothing.

 This is a Wild Turkey hiding while checking his calendar.

"Ahuh-huh...nope. It ain't November yet...ahuh..."

 You guessed it...a Yellow Warbly warbling.

 This is a Yellow Warbly looking at me in disdain.

"Get a new joke book Loop!"

 

 WOWIE! Look at those crazy legs! Woo-hoo!

 Another rare one for the Cleveland lakefront, a Red-throated Loon.

At first glance, and at a far distance, it was thought to be a Western Grebe...oops.

 It slept as we rudely stared in hopes that it may float closer and turn around...

What a rude little bird!

Coming soon!!! 

More from Magee Marsh! More Warblies! More bad jokes! 

Stay tuned!

Shhhhh...still shushing...

 It's a Black-throated Blue Warbly...cause its got a black throat...and it's mostly blue...except for the white parts...

 Hello again. If you just guessed that I'm still at Magee Marsh and not at work you'd be half right...sort of. I'm not at work today(again), but I'm not at Magee. THese are still from last Fridays outing...with maybe one more post of pics sometime.

Today I went to the Cleveland Lakefront Nature Preserve, more warblys! Butt, you'll have to wait to see what I saw, see? Fine. Until we meet again...

A Black-throated Green Warbler...same as above...except it's green. 

I should be a bird guide...I'm good.

Yep...still getting those birdie butts!

Still green too...

...with a black throat...

 This fuzzy feathery thing was only seen by myself and one other person.

She screamed(really) "GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER!" 

I thought Blue-winged Warbler, though there was a hybrid Brewster's in the same area.

We'll never know due to my excellent photographer skills...ha.

 A Chestnut-sided Warbly.

Yep, you guessed it...cause it has chestnut sides!

Oh, it's a laugh riot here today kids!

 Where'd that stick come from?

 I'm thinking...since he's all alone, he must be a Hermit Thrush.

What do you think? Hmmmm?

 This is a Lincoln's Sparrow.

He took his top hat off to prepare for a bath.

( Are you still there?)

A Mourning Dove...in the afternoon...mourning the loss of her freedom after those kids hatch.

 My blog wouldn't be complete without a few(HA? Few?!) crappy photos.

Silly Mourning Warblers(no relation to Mourning Doves by the way), always hiding in the dark creepy crevices.

 Oooh...a Nashville Warbly not in Tennessee. 

"Thank ya very mush..."

(Say it with an Elvis accent and you may laugh, or not.)

A Palm Warbly, NOT in a palm tree.

"KNOCK OFF THE STOOPID JOKES LOOP!"

Smart alec Prothonotary Warblys...

Ruby-crowned Kinglets are very humble.

They like to hide their crowns...

Swainson's Thrush.

Ran out of jokes.

Hmmmm...a White-throated Sparrow...called that because?

Yes! He has a white throat!

You catch on quickly.

A Wood Thrush after a rough flight in.

With a little rest and a brush, he'll be fine. 

 I'll bet you'll never guess why this is called a Yellow Warbly!

Hmph. You've heard this before haven't you?

Even this Yellow-rumped Warbly has had enough of me for today.

Sorry...butt I'll be back! Mwahaha!