Migrating Birds, Sanibel Lighthouse, Warblers, Kingbird

Hooded Warbler

Prairie Warbler

Gray Kingbird

Northern Rough-winged Swallow

Here are some recent migrants that have come into the Sanibel Lighthouse, FL. Hooded Warbler, Prairie Warbler, Gary Kingbird, Northern Rough-winged Swallow!

Migration Mania Sanibel, FL, Swainson's Warbler and more!

Hooded Warbler, male

Hooded Warbler, female

Cave Swallow

Swainson's Warbler

Migrants continued coming into Sanibel lighthouse park, FL today. The highlights were the Swainson's Warber a rare, skulking, back in the underbrush bird, also a Cave Swallow which landed on a shed roof. Hooded Warblers were everywhere! And this is just the beginning of migration!

Warbler Migration Starting, Worm-eating, Kentucky Warblers in Sanibel, FL!

Worm-eating Warbler

Kentucky Warbler

Hooded Warbler

Barn Swallow and Tree Swallow above.

Good migrants were coming into Sanibel Lighthouse Park Sanibel, FL and east end today. Worm-eating Warbler and the Kentucky Warbler were the highlights. The lighthouse also had Hooded, Prairie, N. Parula, Palm Warblers and Red-eyed Vireo, Blue-headed Vireo, Indigo Buntings, Northern Rough-winged, Barn, Tree Swallows, Summer Tanager (heard.) In the east end of Sanibel in a friend's yard we had Yellow-throated Vireo, Blue-headed Vireo, White-eyed Vireo, and Red-eyed Vireo, female Hooded Warbler, Summer Tanager, Eastern Kingbird. Challenging photography conditions in the dark light and birds were feeding and well into the foliage. Birds were still coming in ahead of the storms. (Canon SX 50 photos in Sports Mode).The strong SW 24 mph winds blowing now with thunderstorms will turn to strong NW winds tomorrow and may keep some of these migrants here, or ground new ones.