
Least Flycatcher The Female Common Yellow Throat Adult Indigo Bunting (Left) and Juvenile Male Bunting (Right)

Sometimes it all comes together. I was hiding under a tree in a field in Valley Forge in the midst of weeds taller than I. I heard the goldfinch on the thistle blossoms and pointed my viewfinder to find them and this little beauty just showed up in the window. Oh what a thrill!!!

I startled this little gal in the woods in Valley Forge today. She got up and scampered away. I stayed in my same spot and watched as she gingerly walked further away then turned around and gingerly walked back and sat down in her exact same spot and stared back at me. What a…

I got to Valley Forge later than usual today and it was hot, hot, hot. I could hear the indigo buntings high in the trees and wanted so badly to capture one as they flew down into the field. I slogged through the tall weeds into a prime spot for indigo bunting watching and…