In case you’re wonder where all the warblers have gone…

As I mentioned yesterday, I’m gonna join a couple thousand other numbskulls and ride my bicycle around Milwaukee today while dressed up like Santa Claus, and it’s probably best if you just don’t ask why.

Anyway, the sky is very heavy with dark clouds this morning, so I don’t really have a hope of sneaking into Estabrook before I get on the road, and I don’t want to leave you empty handed, so it’s back to the archives I’ve gone. One of these days I will have finally shown you all the pictures I took during that amazing trip to Belize that Anne took me on, but today is not that day.

I skipped over these initially because they are all birds we’ve seen in Estabrook, but now that they’ve all flown south for the winter, it might be fun to see which ones landed in Belize.

First up is this Tennessee warbler on Caye Caulker filling its belly with tropical bugs for a change.

Similarly, here’s an eastern wood-pewee doing the same.

This magnolia warbler, also on the Caye, wouldn’t pose nicely, as the others were kind enough to do, but there’s no hiding that stunning yellow-with-black-stripes underside.

Finally, I have glimpsed a yellow-throated warbler in Estabrook, but I never managed to capture one on film until I spotted this one on a Caye Caulker rooftop. “THANKS, SWEETIE!”

Now, on to Crooked Tree Lodge, where this gorgeous male American redstart was foraging for bugs on one of their rain barrels.

Lastly, here’s a black-and-white warbler, also at Crooked Tree, to round out the sextet.

With any luck, I’ll be able to return to our regularly scheduled program tomorrow.