Yesterday we went to Rowe Woods. There was lots of activity for a hot afternoon. The highlight was a Ruby-throated Hummingbird displaying right in front of us for a minute! It was cool to watch chattering back and forth in a big U shaped pattern. When we got to close or it got tired, it parked in a branch just above us and we got to stare at it for as long as we cared to. Also saw some nice little Chipping Sparrows, Indigo Buntings, Blue-gray Gnatcatchers and other usuals. We went inside a little old cabin they have there and found a Barn Swallow sitting on a nest. After a bit of hanging out on the stoop watching Tree Swallows and Barn Swallows over the field out the back a Barn Swallow came over and checked us out and then circled around and flew in the door over our heads and relieved the other swallow at the nest who flew out the window! On the drive home we saw an oriole fly through a walmart parking lot. Turned out to be a nice little bird day.
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