Day after Ian, Beth Price's photographs of birds in WWS

Chestnut-sided Warbler, Beth Price, photographer, WWS, September 30, 2022

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Bird photographer, Beth Price, was here in Wildewood Springs photographing birds immediately after Hurricane Ian passed. Most of these sightings were made in Woodlawn, just off the Oak Street wood walkway where there is a lot of natural woodland growth by the pool. She identified 35 bird species in about 2 hours.

Here are a few of those 35: a Yellow-billed Cuckoo.

A cool fact about the Yellow-billed Cuckoo - it is one of the few birds who eats hairy caterpillars, for example feasting on 100 tent caterpillars at a time. Links are included in this post to learn more about these migrators.

Beth also shared these photos of Wood Storks resting after the storm.

This next photo is of a female Black-Throated Blue Warbler. Where is the blue? Look at the next photo.

A male Black-throated Blue Warbler

These two photos are of a Chestnut-sided Warbler which was a "lifer" for Beth. This means it was her first-ever sighting of this species.

This looks like a Halloween special bird. It's a male American Redstart.

This is a female American Redstart.

A Bald Eagle soaring above the big pond.

Many thanks to Beth for letting us see through her lens, and for giving permission to share these photos on Wildewood Wonders.