Year in review: New finds in 2014 (non-odonates)

I’m an equal opportunity photographer. Although I tend to focus on photographing odonates (dragonflies and damselflies) I will photograph anything interesting that catches my eye. This retrospective features non-odonate new finds for 2014.

Palm Warbler (Setophaga palmarum)

21 April 2014 | Huntley Meadows Park

Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas) warbler

21 April 2014 | Huntley Meadows Park

Bee-like Robber Fly (Laphria macquarti)

22 July 2014 | Huntley Meadows Park

Handsome Meadow Katydids, mating pair (Orchelimum pulchellum)

10 September 2014 | Huntley Meadows Park

Clip-wing Grasshoppers, mating pair (Metaleptea brevicornis)

19 September 2014 | Huntley Meadows Park

Northern Rough Greensnake (Opheodrys aestivus)

19 September 2014 | Huntley Meadows Park

Related Resources:

• Palm Warbler (Setophaga palmarum)
• Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas)
• Bee-like Robber Fly (Laphria macquarti)
• Handsome Meadow Katydids, mating pair (Orchelimum pulchellum)
• Clip-wing Grasshoppers (Metaleptea brevicornis)
• Northern Rough Greensnake (Opheodrys aestivus)

Editor’s Note: This is Part 3 in a three-part series — a retrospective look at 2014.

• Part 1. Year in review: New discoveries in 2014
• Part 2. Year in review: New finds in 2014 (odonates)

Copyright © 2014 Walter Sanford. All rights reserved.

Palm Warbler

This post features several photos of a Palm Warbler (Setophaga palmarum) spotted on 21 April 2014 during a photowalk along the gravel road between the terminus of the Hike-Bike Trail and the new observation platform at Huntley Meadows Park.

The bird’s hackles are raised in the following photo, indicating it may be angry for some unknown reason. (The idiom “get your hackles up” means “to get angry.”)

Eastern Bluebirds (Sialia sialis) and Yellow-rumped Warblers (Setophaga coronata) also were spotted in the same wooded area.

Copyright © 2014 Walter Sanford. All rights reserved.