Crops & Clips: Flashback to September, 2020

As I do on the first Thursday of each month, I enjoy looking back over my archived photos, taken three years previously in September, 2020, remembering how things were then in Florida as contrasted 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. 

Southbound songbird migration was in full swing, as evidenced by the 552 images I processed that month. Prominent among the migrant warbler species were these and many more...

Cape May Warbler:

American Redstart, male...

...and female:

Ovenbird:

Louisiana Waterthrush:

Yellow-throated Warbler:

Prairie Warbler:

Adding color to the scene were a Summer Tanager, just passing by...

...and a resident male Northern Cardinal:

An  iridescent Boat-tailed Grackle reflected tiny dots of all the colors in a rainbow:

White-winged Dove:

Eastern Screech Owl:

Northern Flicker exhibited its golden underwing while preening:

A Robber Fly had captured and was devouring a White Peacock butterfly:

Monarch butterflies were rather uncommon:

Long-tailed Skipper:

This cloud formation resembled a flock of birds (or angels?):

Storm clouds over the ocean drifted along the eastern horizon:

The morning sky cast a peaceful reflection on the still surface of the lake:

This week's header: Great Egret, September 7, 2020:

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Linking to:

Nature Thursday

Skywatch Friday

Weekend Reflections

Saturday's Critters

BirdD'Pot

Garden Affair

All Seasons

Image-in-ing

Nature Notes

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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