Crops & Clips:Flashback to October, 2020

As I do on the first Thursday of each month, I enjoy looking back over my archived photos, taken three years previously, in October, 2020, to remember how things were then in south Florida as contrasted with events this year at our new home in central  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. 

Among the 611 photos I processed that month, these views of a male Painted Bunting out in the Wounded Wetlands were a bit soft, but oh so special:

Southbound migrants included Red-eyed Vireo...

...Black-throated Blue Warbler male...

...and dissimilar female:

Ovenbirds were numerous for a few days:

Curious Blue-gray Gnatcatchers, which stay for the winter, seemed begging to be photographed:

Boldly marked Yellow-throated Warblers were welcomed:

Arriving migrants buttressed the year-round populations of Prairie Warblers...

...and Black-and-White Warblers:

To counterbalance such a surfeit of little birds, I must include a few more substantial ones. The Bald Eagles had occupied the same nest since at least 2007. They usually worked to repair and renovate the old one:

However, this year they eventually decided to build a new one not far away. They roosted continually high in a tree to the east but had not yet begun construction.

Other raptors included Merlin...

...and  Red-shouldered Hawks-- this is an immature:

Among the mammals were a Raccoon family...

...and a red Coyote:

I must include a favorite butterfly, the Giant Swallowtail, hovering at Firebush:

We had many beautiful sunrises. In the wetlands we did not have a view of the eastern sky, but often there was great beauty in the sky away from the sun. This view looks south at 17 minutes before sunrise:

Antisolar rays converged to the west:

Storm clouds added drama:

This was a view from our back yard one morning when the sky was too threatening for a bird walk:

This week's header: View from Florida patio panorama

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Linking to:

Nature Thursday

Skywatch Friday

Weekend Reflections

Saturday's Critters

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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