May brought the peak of spring migration through New Jersey, and a trip to Acadia National Park in Maine.
Backgrounds completed their transition from dreary greys and washed-out blues overlayed with a crazed cacophony of scattered twigs and bare branches. They are now a diverse array of lush, overpowering greens (that often cast their tones onto the subject).
Decoy (Wood Duck) 0Z80342
Wooden Floater (Wood Duck) 0Z80264
Streaming (Foster's Tern) 0Z87718
An Abrupt Ending (Northern Cardinal) 0Z81128
Migrant (Northern Parula) 0Z82423
Manning the Gates (Gray Catbird) 0Z80885
Screaming Yellow (Northern Yellow Warbler) 0Z82316
Yeah...So? (Baltimore Oriole) 0Z89077
Bandito (Common Yellowthroat) 0Z82537
A Black and White Matter (White-Crowned Sparrow) 0Z81039
Having Some Dignity (White -Crowned Sparrow) 0Z81094
Interested In You (House Finch) 0Z81260
Ornamental (Wood Duck) 0Z80525
Buoyancy (Wood Duck) 0Z80225
Flimsy (American Goldfinch) 0Z80836
Fishing Reel (Baltimore Oriole) 0Z80906
A Known Presence (Northern Parula) 0Z82400
Leaning Hard Left (Northern Parula) 0Z81477
Are You My Mother? (Solitary Sandpiper) 0Z88892
Missed by a Hare (Eastern Cottontail) 0Z89022
Chattercat (Gray Catbird) 0Z89198
Yentah (Gray Catbird) 0Z89203
Lemon Law (American Goldfinch) 0Z89203
The Mad Professor (Osprey) 0Z82047
Opinionated (Northern Yellow Warbler) 0Z82314
Ignoring You (Northern Yellow Warbler) 0Z82596
Prey With Me!v(Osprey) 0Z82722
Richard Simmons (Northern Yellow Warbler) 0Z83152
Skip To My Lou (Northern Yellow Warbler) 0Z83169
Outspoken (Northern House Wren) 0Z83301
That Old Chestnut (Chestnut-Sided Warbler) 0Z83617
Roasting On An Open Fire (Chestnut-Sided Warbler) 0Z83624
Suspenders (Chestnut-Sided Warbler) 0Z83674
Nagging (Tree Swallow) 0Z84566
The Skeptic (Tree Swallow) 0Z84838
The Far Away Eyes (Tree Swallow) 0Z84853
45 Degrees (Northern Yellow Warbler) 0Z85662
Innocuous (American Redstart) 0Z85690
Crummy Situation (Northern Cardinal) 0Z85702
Pissy Mood (Gray Catbird) 0Z85907
Track and Field (Gray Catbird) 0Z85906
Tufted Robin (American Robin) 0Z86166
Tired (Least Sandpiper) 0Z86745
Posting (American Crow) 0Z86897
Snobbery (American Robin) 0Z87098
Balancing Act (Wood Duck) 0Z87284
Over the Shoulder (Wood Duck) 0Z87300
Suspicion (Wood Duck) 0Z87366
Fantail (Wood Duck) 0Z87429
Conversation Starter (Wood Duck) 0Z87484
Have a Hunch (Common Yellowthroat) 0Z87506
A Lighter Shade of Beige (Veery) 0787583
Viridian (Chestnut-Sided Warbler) 0Z87609
Kinda Blue (Blue Jay) 0Z87893
Smell My Armpits (Gray Catbird) 0Z87966
Fish Hook (Black-Throated Blue Warbler) 0Z88058
Measure Twice (Black-and-White Warbler) 0Z88222
Standalone (Red-Shouldered Hawk) 0Z88598
Louis Armstrong (Chipmunk) 0Z80042
Painted (Black-Billed Cuckoo) 0Z80470
A Pose (Black-Billed Cuckoo) 0Z80510
Dissatisfaction (Chestnut-Sided Warbler) 0Z88769
Baked (Ovenbird) 0Z88879
Gummy Worms (Scarlet Tanager) 0Z89883
Not the Only Red One (Scarlet Tanager) 0Z89902
Steely (Red-Eyed Vireo) 0Z89982
Can I Play Too? (Northern Yellow Warbler) 0Z80531
Stretch Armstrong (Northern Yellow Warbler) 0Z80536
Downward Spiral (Black-and-White Warbler) 0Z80602
Greaser (Common Yellowthroat) 0Z81148
Early Arrival (American Redstart) 0Z81494
Piercing the Matrix (Red Fox) 0Z81679
Coconut (Northern Cardinal) 0Z81775
Fluff and Fold (Northern Cardinal) 0Z81938
Above It All (Great Egret) 0Z82106
UFO (Tree Swallow) 0Z82574
Slippery Slope (Black-Crowned Night Heron) 0Z82777
Looking for a New Barber (Black-Crowned Night Heron) 0Z82804
Drinks on the Side (American Crow) 0Z84889
Muscular (Black Crow) 0Z84910
Deep Yellow Throat (Common Yellowthroat) 0Z84925
Layer Cake (Common Yellowthroat) 0Z84926
Clowning Around (Atlantic Puffins) 0Z85615
Mellow Dude (Atlantic Puffin) 0Z85651
Reflecting Pool (Atlantic Puffin) 0Z85683
Schism (Atlantic Puffin) 0Z85686
Promontory (Atlantic Puffins) 0Z85876
Cadillac Sunrise (Acadia, Maine) 0Z86768-HDR
All Neck (Common Yellowthroat) 0Z86915
In Living Color (Magnolia Warbler) 0Z87093
Total Prick (North American Porcupine) 0Z87138
Yellow on Yellow (Common Yellowthroat) 0Z87689
Rustoleum (American Redstart) 0Z87812
Not Lichen You (Red-Breasted Nuthatch) 0Z87931
Stark (Common Loon) 0Z88215
Vive La France! (Common Loon) 0Z88246
Protozoa (Chipping Sparrow) 0Z89133
Field of Cones (Chipping Sparrow) 0Z89161
The Fish was THIS Big! (Common Loon) 0Z80130
Rockin' Out (American Woodcock) 0Z80741
Rocker (American Woodcock) 0Z80763
Weeble (American Woodcock) 0Z80770
Treed (North American Porcupine) 0Z89648
Ready to Pounce (Common Yellowthroat) 0Z89717
Chicken Little (American Redstart) 0Z89765
Bringing Home the Insect Bacon (Eastern Phoebe) 0Z89845
Doe Eyes (Killdeer) 0Z81086
Suspicious (Cedar Waxwing) 0Z81178
I Hear Crickets (House Sparrow) 0Z81254
Purple Puff (Purle Martin) 0Z81303
Blindfolded (Common Yellowthroat) 0Z81506
Geeselings (Canada Geese) 0Z81601
Tan Lines (Blackpoll Warbler) 0Z81691
Swatter (Great Crested Flycatcher) 0Z81736
Misty Green (Great Crested Flycatcher) 0Z81755
Tiny 'n Mighty (Great Crested Flycatcher) 0Z81762
A Little Attitude (Barn Swallow) 0Z81817
You're Makin' Me Laugh! (Purple Martin) 0Z81894
Sifting (Canada Geese) 0Z83125
Fisher King (Osprey) 0Z83337
Lemon Tree (Northern Yellow Warbler) 0Z83448
Bay Leaves (Bay-Breasted Warbler) 0Z83490
Water Proofing (Mallard) 0Z83619
Quasimoto (American Goldfinch) 0Z83651
Stand Offish (American Goldfinch) 0Z83656
Red Handed (American Goldfinch) 0Z83674
Stiff (Cedar Waxwing) 0Z83718
Check Your Blind Spot (Cedar Waxwing) 0Z83771
180 Degrees (Cedar Waxwing) 0Z83823
Blurry Double (Forster's Tern) 0Z83889
A Brief Pause (Common Raven) 0Z83915
Courtship (Willow Flycatcher) 0Z83957
Warming Up (Willow Flycatcher) 0Z83985
A Warm Glow (Willow Flycatcher) 0Z83998
Unexpected (Willow Flycatcher) 0Z84005
Basking (Willow Flycatcher) 0Z84027
Underglow (Yellow-Crowned Night Heron) 0Z84181
Lazy Eye (Yellow-Crowned Night Heron) 0Z84302
Māori Tattoo (Yellow-Crowned Night Heron) 0Z84437
Reflecting Pool (American Goldfinch) 0Z84525
Epiphany (American Goldfinch) 0Z84528
Mellow Yellow (Yellow-Crowned Night Heron) 0Z86427
One With Nature (Northern Cardinal) 0Z81758
Dilated Pupae (Northern House Wren) 0Z81971
Herman (Eastern Wood Pewee) 0Z82241
Hunchback (Green Heron) 0Z87199
Custom Paint Job (Green Heron) 0Z87302
Unapproachable (Green Heron) 0Z88080
Dashing (Green Heron) 0Z87361
Color Frenzy (Green Heron) 0Z87407
Miss Muffet (Northern House Wren) 0Z88222
Ticked Off (Northern House Wren) 0Z88420
The Einstein Twins (Bald Eagles) 0Z88741
Relativity (Bald Eagles) 0Z88824
Eerie Des Ents (Common Grackle) 0Z82804
Angelic (Eastern Kingbird) 0Z82478
Matching Limbs (Great Egret) 0Z82707
The Great Bambino (White-Tailed Deer) 0Z82849
Make It Look Easy (Orchard Oriole) 0Z82927
Mattress Stuffing (Eastern Kingbird) 0Z82987
Exist (Yellow-Crowned Night Heron) 0Z83082
Dark Passenger (Yellow-Crowned Night Heron) 0Z83362
1 Quarter View (Yellow-Crowned Night Heron) 0Z83377
Ominous (Yellow-Crowned Night Heron) 0Z83382
Abstraction (Yellow-Crowned Night Heron) 0Z83390
Heavy Black (Yellow-Crowned Night Heron) 0Z83391
Carved (Yellow-Crowned Night Heron) 0Z83393
Tucked Away (Yellow-Crowned Night Heron) 0Z83403
Rested Yellow (Yellow-Crowned Night Heron) 0Z83410
Sonny (Northern Yellow Warbler) 0Z83967
Gift Exchange (Cedar Waxwings) 0Z83593
Stalker (Willow Flycatcher) 0Z83809
Smorgasbord (Song Sparrow) 0Z81567
Getting Needled (Chipping Sparrow) 0Z89435
His Nuts Dropped (American Red Squirrel) 0Z89482