I had a chance to meet up with a Facebook birding group I have been learning from the last year or so. The group is Birders who Blog, Tweet and Chirp (BwBTC). I was a little intimidated as I am a novice birder. The group was led by Luke Tiller who did a great job of identifying birds for the group, although everyone in the group was very helpful. The birding day stopped at 3 locations, Allen’s Meadow, Schenck’s Island and Sherwood Island State Park. Unfortunately I was only able to attend the first leg at Allen’s Meadow.

One of the first photo ops I had was of this Palm Warbler

Palm Warbler at Sunrise

This is a beautiful bird and one that was new to my species list.

Next on the hit parade was the Savannah Sparrow. There were several of them around and they were very photogenic!

Savannah Sparrow Profile

Savannah Sparrow with Raised Crown

Savannah Sparrow in Tall Grass

This last image stood out to me as more of an environmental, made very interesting by the fall foliage I was able to blur in the background.

Upside Down Black Capped Chickadee

Lastly, a group of Black Capped Chickadees entertained us with their antics trying to pull seed from dead, hanging sunflower seed heads. All in all I made some new friends and I can’t wait for the opportunity to learn more from this group in the future.

Images captured with Nikon D700, 600mm f/4 w/1.4 Tce-II on Lexar Digital Film.