Happy Monday, everybody. Here in Illinois, summer turned into fall overnight, and we had some hard freezes last week. I am not ready! So I’m game to pretend we are just heading toward fall. Starting on Tuesday, we start the second half of the trip to Galapagos with lashonharangue!
Albatrossity
This week’s batch of Flyover Country birds is eclectic, including both tiny warblers and beefy waterbirds. But all are hoping to fatten up in the times and land of plenty, then head south to avoid the cold, just like Ted Cruz. Hopefully they will all return in the spring, and just as hopefully, Mexico will keep Cruz the next time he heads to Cancun.
The Sunflower State of Kansas (see, we do have a “brand”!) is very yellow this summer; we’ve had a bumper crop of the state flower, and the winter finches are going to be hard to find because they will be able to feed just about anywhere. This Yellow Warbler (Setophaga petechia) was foraging in a nice patch of sunflowers, perhaps hoping to blend in a bit better than she really does.
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