May 19, tanager, robin, redstart, May 20 redstart, tanager, dove, eagles, raven, squeaker

May 19, Robin Tanager, redstart.

 Scarlet tanager in Birch

 the faithful and dapper American Robin

 Robin the landscape

male redstart without tale, in shadbush, there is a story there. 


May 20,

 female redstart was busy in red oak

 the energetic and modestly flamboyant female redstart

 flashing tail

 and away,  as noted by gifted blog artist the Kirk Gentalen,  at the Vinalhaven sightings report, "there is a redstart in every tree these days on Vinalhaven"

 morning dove,

 anything but drab, we were visited by another or the same male tanager, in poplar here,

 they do show up well, iiwi scarlett

 a bit shrike like

 Scarlett tanager in white birch near white spruce.

 aka black-winged redbird

 Tanager, in birch some mountain ash

 the Raven calling out for equal rights and justice

 eagles gathering near head of Hitchcock in anticipation of eider duckling season.

Squeaker in great cove through the crack on the backside of Seal island.



hey I have a website to advert my boat ride from Vinalhaven enterprise:
maineseabirdtours.com ,  there are some photos and a few brief articles there.