This groundhog at Mill Creek Marsh is ready for a mid-day meal. Thanks to Mickey Raine for the photos!

Albert The Egret Einstein has a message for you! Thanks to Mickey Raine for these great photos from Mill Creek Marsh, and for translating Albert’s message!

Many thanks to Mickey Raine for these fine photos of a Greater Yellowlegs, Snowy Egret and Tree Swallow at Mill Creek Marsh takenrecently!

Barn Swallow

Thanks to Dennis Cheeseman for the blog’s first photos of the year of a Barn Swallow, Blue Gray Gnatcatcher and Northern Rough-winged Swallow! There’s also a great angle on a Tree Swallow in flight and a Palm Warbler. Photos taken at DeKorte yesterday.

Blue Gray Gnatcatcher

Northern Rough-winged Swallow

Tree Swallow

Palm Warbler

We don’t get a lot of photos of Vesper Sparrows, so thanks much to Rich Brown, who saw this little guy over the weekend at DeKorte!