Adventures in Birding

#163 and 164

I'm working on my flycatchers!

Over the weekend, I spotted #163, Great-crested Flycatcher  . Today I went on a guided bird walk at one of my favorite places, Ricketts Glen State Park. We saw lots of good birds, and one new one for me, Alder Flycatcher  . The flycatchers tend to look really similar (experts even can have a tough time telling them apart) but most of them are distinguishable by their song.

I got a good photo of a Pileated Woodpecker   today, too!

Other photos I got today:

Prairie Warbler  

Young Killdeer  

This is the time of year I tend to switch over to other animals since birds are harder to spot and less of a chance I'll get new species. We did some yard work yesterday and I spotted lots of cool spiders and a neat slug!