A Yellow-rumped Warbler is still hanging around our back yard.  So is a Ruby-crowned Kinglet, but it’s a lot harder to photograph!

Yellow-rumped Warbler

First female Ruby-throated Hummingbird of the season at the nectar feeder today.  Here’s a Downy Woodpecker in our back yard this afternoon:

Down Woodpecker (male)

To Westminster Woods to see Gram.  Though warm, it was a little windy.  I draped a wrap around her neck and shoulders.  She smiled sweetly at me and said, “Thank you.”

I spotted a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker high up a tree:

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

Four views of the same Green Heron:

Saw the first American Goldfinch of the season in our back yard today.  At least one male Ruby-throated Hummingbird has also shown up again.  And, though neither shot is sterling, here are two holdovers from winter:

Ruby-crowned Kinglet

Yellow-rumped Warbler

One of the American Goldfinch visitors:

American Goldfinch

And here’s a House Finch, a year-round resident:

House Finch

Late this afternoon I saw the first Northern Parula of the season–taking a bath in the bubbler, of course!

First back-yard sighting of a Ruby-throated Hummingbird! I just put the hummmingbird feeder up yesterday.  A Yellow-rumped Warbler and a Ruby-crowned Kinglet are still coming to the mixed-nut feeder.  It’s raining right now, and the Kinglet’s ruby crown is gleaming.

Outside with Gram at Westminster Woods:

Snowy Egret

Pileated Woodpecker

To Westminster Woods, where Gram and I spotted this Snowy Egret:

Snowy Egret

To Westminster Woods, where Gram and I spotted this Eastern Phoebe:

Eastern Phoebe