BLACK AND WHITE IN FLIGHT

Along the Magee Marsh the word “beauty” is often spoken…with conviction not irony. With awe not sarcasm. It is a strange and wondrous thing to see so many adults admitting to the beauty of something so small, so valueless in monetary terms and so ephemeral as a migrating warbler less than six inches long: Blackpoll above. Bay-breasted male beliow:

THIS MAY BE MY BEST PICTURE EVER:
This is a Black and White Warbler flying toward me through the trees.

American Redstart

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Tags: American Redstart, Bay-breasted Warbler, Blackpoll, Magee Marsh, Ohio