Our conductor for today is Ms Hoo D. Merganser, now everyone sit back, relax and enjoy the music!

Sandhill Cranes highlighted by the last rays of the setting sun as they glide through a dusky sky . . .

Sandhill Cranes parachute against the stiff south wind at sunset for a soft landing into their roosting field . . .

A Ruby-throated came in fast but went into full-flaps mode to stop before tangling with a bumblebee that already had dibs on a flower. "On second thought, I'll just hover over yonder way . . . "

Look who's been working the flowers pretty hard, with a little pollen stuck on its beak. Love it when they hover up and look right at you, and with a background full of flowers . . .

The Cape May Warblers are making their way to the Caribbean from their summer digs in the boreal forests of the northern US and Canada, and for a few days around here they have been energizing up on some grapes . . .