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Photo by Bryan Stevens • Male American redstarts are unmistakable warblers in their vibrant orange, black and white plumage. The parade of warblers through my yard has kicked off. I noticed the first arrivals in the final days of August. A young male American redstart in the wispy branches of a creekside weeping willow represented the first fall… Continue reading American redstart launches autumn’s parade of migrating warblers

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Photo by Bryan Stevens • Large mantises have been known to prey on ruby-throated hummingbirds. Many years ago I read an account of a scarlet tanager making a snack of a ruby-throated hummingbird. Memory being what it is, I am no longer sure if that account was corroborated or one of those urban legends of birding. A few… Continue reading The world can be a big, bad place for tiny hummingbirds