binoculars – The Jersey Birder

Gnatcatchers catch my eye

Blue-gray gnatcatcher, beak pointed upward, sits on a tree branch with leaves below and behind it.

On a relatively quiet morning at the Mercer Meadows Pole Farm, I approached a trail intersection near the old AT&T Building One site and spotted movement about halfway up some tall trees. Birds, undoubtedly, but what were they? As one flew from one branch to another, I spotted its white breast and gray wings andContinue reading “Gnatcatchers catch my eye”