My Own Little Backyard Rarity
Well, it’s not a real rarity; according to the OKBirds Wiki, the Pine Warbler is a regular winter resident in Oklahoma, but it’s sure never come around my backyard before. Normally we get plenty of Yellow-rumped warblers all winter but nothing fancier than that. I was surprised, therefore, when it appeared here on the Solstice and I’m amazed to see it’s still coming by, three weeks later. It has taken a liking to the suet feeder and the suet dough, the recipe for which is here. No guarantees you’ll get your own Pine warbler if you put some of this magic stuff out there, but you’ll get all kinds of other birds, I’m sure. I’ve managed to get some photos of him (I think it’s a male from the brightness of the coloration), none very good but, then, that’s why I’ll stick to drawing. My sketches are in focus as long as I wear my glasses. But by holding up the camera lens to my scope, a crude form of digiscoping, I’ve gotten the little critter in the act. Check it out.
