Lovely springtime birds.....

[quetzal]

This past week I've had a beautiful male Rose-breasted Grosbeak visiting my backyard feeders. A female was with him once but he's been around quite a few time already. I managed to get a handful of nice shots of him, he's an uncommon visitor around here:






Also went hiking to the local state park again this weekend and got a few shots on Saturday......

male Common Yellowthroat, singing away:



Veery, hopping around in the woods:



And one of my favorites, the Scarlet Tanager. This is the best shot i got of him and can't wait to go back and try some more. They're hard to photograph b/c they like sitting high up in the trees: