{"id":1472,"date":"2014-05-13T23:48:34","date_gmt":"2014-05-14T03:48:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sicloot.com\/blog\/?p=1472"},"modified":"2014-05-13T23:48:34","modified_gmt":"2014-05-14T03:48:34","slug":"arboretum-warblers-and-wasps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sicloot.com\/blog\/2014\/05\/arboretum-warblers-and-wasps\/","title":{"rendered":"Arboretum: Warblers and Wasps"},"content":{"rendered":"

Monday was a fine day for birding at the Arboretum. Spring migrants are everywhere to be found. I managed to see seven species of warblers alone!<\/p>\n

I saw and heard a number of catbirds, many of them hiding inside bushes. The red underneath the tail feathers caught my attention for the first time.<\/p>\n

\"Gray
Gray catbird in a redbud<\/figcaption><\/figure>
\n<\/p>\n

Here are a couple of the warblers – black, white, and yellow.<\/p>\n

\"black-and-white
black-and-white warbler<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"yellow
yellow warbler<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"northern
northern parula<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I saw many birds constructing nests – grackles, orioles, and red-winged blackbirds among them. Here’s a red-winged blackbird grabbing some nesting material from the cattail heads.<\/p>\n

\"female
female red-winged blackbird<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Birds aren’t the only ones building their nests. I spotted this eastern yellowjacket<\/a> (Vespula maculifrons<\/i>) queen hovering around mud and mulch. These wasps usually build their nests underground, so watch where you walk!<\/p>\n

\"eastern
eastern yellowjacket queen<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Complete e-bird checklist<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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