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 window of afternoon sun was small, but this beauty flew at the right time into the right place (thank you!) which allowed for a beautifully lit capture of our national symbol . . .

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 . . .

A Ruby-throated Hummingbird captured in low light with a slower shutter speed . . . makes for a nice, pastel abstract . . .

Look at that payload of pollen on this hard-working beauty . . .

A juvenile eagle comes in low and slow above the cold, still waters of the river to grab a shad with those beautiful talons . . .