Boy, you can certainly tell this is nesting season among the bird world. I hadn't gotten far along the trail yesterday morning when I heard two slightly different, repeating chedp calls coming from a clump of gray birches. I eventually got glimpses of the birds as they fluttered from branch to branch, and discovered it was a pair of Common Yellowthroats, secretive members of the warbler clan. The female clutched an insect in her beak. They didn't go far, just constantly moved back and forth from branch to branch, so I knew there had to be a nest close by. I thought they'd never hold still long enough for me to focus and take a shot, but eventually ended up with these two passable ones.
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