One Picture of Many

Early this morning, before the sun was up and the wind was whipping, I went out on the water to look for my buddies - the prothonotary warbler couple. My search went on for some time until finally I caught a flash of bright yellow. There he was - the Mr. of the pair.

I watched and waited for the better part of an hour to maybe see Mrs. Prothonotary warbler, but seeing her was not to be. My best guess is she was nestled over eggs, somewhere near where I was, but obviously out of my view.

As I waited and watched for lady warbler I shot a number of photos of Mr. Prothonotary Warbler. All had a green, timber for the background until this - when he paused on a tree over the water with a dark shadow behind him. I knew I had my picture of the day!

By the way, there is a yellow-billed cuckoo in the area too. I heard it cooing, but could not find it.