Cape May Warbler - Lifer

So lucky to see and photograph this new species (for me)m a Cape May Warbler who gas spent a few weeks now at a local park.

Snow Bunting -Lifer!

What a fantastic day of photography and hanging with friends I had yesterday at Bethel Beach near Matthews VA.  Everything came into perfect sync and I was able to not only get this lifer, the Snow Bunting but 4-5 more which I will share over the next several days.

The Snow Buntings breed in the most northern areas of Canada and Greenland and while they do migrate to the US Atlantic states, they rarely make it as far south as Virginia according to the Audubon and All About Bird websites so this was a huge treat to see and photograph.

Life Bird - Ruby-crowned Kinglet

This is the Ruby-crowned Kinglet. I had wanted to see and photograph them for so long and was finally successful.  This super tiny birds are swift jumpers and flyers so I feel lucky any of my shots came in focused. 

The ruby crown in his head indicates this is a male. 

Olympus OMD-EM1X,  Olympus 300mm lens + MC-20