Birding update

Over the weekend, we got out to do some birding.  There were so many American Redstarts out!  Here's a decent shot of a female (obviously we did not get a better camera yet):

It was really windy, and these gulls were basically hovering over the shore.  Occasionally someone would drop down and get a fish.  I probably should have made a movie of this -- very fun to watch!

This picture of a chestnut-sided warbler turned out better than expected; he was flitting all around so we didn't know what we got until we cropped the picture on the computer.  Action!

And, in an update from here, the robins have taken to the nest we moved!  They reinforced it with additional sticks, and she's been sitting on the nest.  This picture isn't the greatest as I didn't want to disturb her and have her leave her eggs, but you can see part of her (tail?) sticking up. She's been in there for a few days now.

I wish she was in our backyard instead of our front, due to it being more secure when the fledglings are learning to fly, but I'm hoping she knows what she's doing.  With any luck, I'll have baby robin updates to share in the upcoming weeks!