Crops & Clips: Flashback to January, 2020

On the first Thursday of each month, I enjoy looking back over my archived photos, taken three years previously, to remember how things were then as contrasting with events this year at our new home in Connecticut. As usual, I searched for images which reflected favorite memes: critters of all kinds (especially birds), skies and clouds, reflections, flowers and scenes which speak for themselves. I spent the entire month in south Florida.

I processed 437 photos that month. My first bird image, on the first day  of the New Year, was a Red-shouldered Hawk:

On January 3, a large male Bobcat crossed the path ahead of me, seemingly oblivious to my presence. Unlike those in Connecticut, it appears to be elongated and short-haired:

That same day provided nice views of a Loggerhead Shrike:

Other birds of note the first week were a male American Kestrel...

...an inconspicuous  Blue-headed Vireo surrounded by the berries of Firebush (Hamelia patens)...

...a Ruby-throated Hummingbird sipping nectar of the Hamelia flowers...

...an acrobatic Yellow-throated Warbler...

...a nimble Black-and-White Warbler...

...and a Purple Gallinule:

Later in the month I encountered a Magnolia Warbler with very pale plumage, which experts identified as Type 4 albinism:

On January 25 I photographed a Magnolia Warbler with normal pigmentation:

A female or immature male Yellow-bellied Sapsucker excavated sap wells in the bark of our back yard Mahogany tree:

The local pair of Bald Eagles were tending their nest with eggs and very possibly a newly-hatched eaglet:

Wood Storks visited nearby Chapel Trail Nature Preserve:

A Northern Flicker turned away, displaying the red crescent on its nape:

An elusive warbler, a Northern Waterthrush, provided only one unobstructed view:

Sunlight brought out the iridescence of a Boat-tailed Grackle:

Male Northern Cardinals glow an even brighter red during winter as their brownish feather tips wear off:

A Zebra Heliconian drew nectar from a yellow Lantana blossom:

A neighbor tended these pink orchids in his front yard. Sadly, he contracted Covid-19 and passed away only a few months later. The neglected plant continued to bloom:

An Osprey raced with a military aircraft on January 24:

Fog lifted over the lake in the local Wounded Wetlands on January 25:

On January 28, an early morning fogbow formed, enhanced by a blue filter:

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Linking to:

Nature Thursday

Skywatch Friday

Weekend Reflections

Saturday's Critters

BirdD'Pot

Garden Affair

All Seasons

Image-in-ing

Wordless Wednesday (on Tuesday)

Wild Bird Wednesday

My Corner of the World
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Please visit the links to all these posts to see some excellent photos on display
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