The warm sunshine is pushing the spring ephemerals right along so we spent some time enjoying some of our favourites yesterdays.  Along the way we saw a pair of Spring Azures and other pollinators.  We were lucky to see a singing American Redstart who did his stuff in front of us.  Rictal hairs, remember?

First, sans comment, the blossoms:

A Spring Azure was alit and then another kept circling until they both flew off … for a date? dance? dinner? honeymoon?  Ah, Nature in the spring!

This suitor came along demonstrating his aerobatic flying skills …

A little further on this beautiful, and much misunderstood yellow blossom, was pollinated by a couple of beasties …

So was this one …

Overhead this fellow was flitting, gleaning and serenading.  I think that he is fathering a nestfull of little ones for the trip to Central America starting in August.

A few days ago I posted a photo of a “Tennessee Warbler”  [20160518 More migrants arrive].

It wasn’t.  Click on the third photo in this Photo Gallery to see what it really was.  The photo of the “Tennessee Warbler”  was made about 50 metres away so I will keep my eyes peeled for further developments.

Today I am going to wander a little further afield in search of other migrants.