Weekend Highlights - 09 Sep 2019

Our juvenile Eastern Towhee is growing some grown-up feathers.

A quick trip to Lake Erie Metropark and the Detroit River Hawk Watch yielded few raptors, but I did get a few pics of the local Ring-billed Gulls, Bald Eagles, and migrating Monarch Butterflies. A single Sharp-shinned Hawk was our only raptor.

A hovering Osprey gave me the chance to generate a composite image.

A flock of Lesser Yellowlegs needed photos to be identified. Luckily the Sony a9 and 200-600mm f/5.6-6.3 was up to the task.

Back home the afternoon was pretty slow here at Brownton Abbey until 5 Common Nighthawks made a fly-by.