{"id":2013,"date":"2016-05-20T11:08:09","date_gmt":"2016-05-20T15:08:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mdyetmetaphor.com\/blog2\/?p=2013"},"modified":"2016-05-20T11:08:09","modified_gmt":"2016-05-20T15:08:09","slug":"heaven-foretold-an-18-warbler-fallout-starring-the-cape-may-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/mdyetmetaphor.com\/blog2\/2016\/05\/20\/heaven-foretold-an-18-warbler-fallout-starring-the-cape-may-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Heaven Foretold: An 18 Warbler Fallout Starring the Cape May"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mdyetmetaphor.com\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Canada-Warbler32.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-2014\" title=\"Canada Warbler\" src=\"http:\/\/mdyetmetaphor.com\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Canada-Warbler32-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Canada Warbler\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/mdyetmetaphor.com\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Nashville-Warbler1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-2015\" title=\"Nashville Warbler\" src=\"http:\/\/mdyetmetaphor.com\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Nashville-Warbler1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Nashville Warbler\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/mdyetmetaphor.com\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Cape-May-Warbler3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-2033\" title=\"Cape May Warbler\" src=\"http:\/\/mdyetmetaphor.com\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Cape-May-Warbler3-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hmmm, can I do justice in mere words to one of nature\u2019s majestic performances?<\/p>\n<div class=\"mceTemp\">\n<div class=\"mceTemp\">\n<p>We all have a passion. One thing above all else that brings us joy. And every passion comes with the dream day. Golfers dream of a hole-in-one. Fishing fanatics dream of an eight pound Largemouth Bass. Antique collectors dream of that once-in-a-lifetime find.<\/p>\n<p>So what is the birdwatcher\u2019s dream day? A <em>fallout.<\/em> No, not a falling out \u2013 a<em> fallout<\/em>. In birdwatching lingo,<em> fallout<\/em> refers to a mixed flock of migrating birds dropping out of the sky, almost as a single entity, to feed. A Warbler<em> fallout<\/em> is the ultimate high.<\/p>\n<p>Picture yourself standing in a wooded area not moving while a dozen or more different types of brightly coloured Warblers flit around you in the trees, oblivious to your presence, in their frenzy to feed. This can last for a half hour or more.<\/p>\n<p>It does not happen often. But when it does, it is mesmerizing. I happened upon an 18 Warbler fallout this week which took place, much to my surprise, at Heart Lake Conservation Area ten minutes from where I live. A full contingent of Warblers put on a majestic performance while I watched in a state of awe.<\/p>\n<p>Any Warbler <em>fallout <\/em>is a treat. But an 18 Warbler <em>fallout<\/em> is a rare gift. The birds pictured above (not my photos \u2013 thanks Google Images) were participants in the performance.<\/p>\n<p>It was made even more exhilarating by the presence of some of the most striking and\/or hard to find Warblers that pass through this area.\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The stunning <em>Blackburnian Warbler<\/em> (aka the <em>firethroat) <\/em>with its flaming orange throat.<\/li>\n<li>The majestic (and patriotic) <em>Canada Warbler<\/em> with its black necklace on a breast of gold.<\/li>\n<li>The comparatively plain <em>Blackpoll Warbler<\/em>, black and white striped with a white face patch, which is among the more difficult Warblers to find.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And the crowning glory of the spectacle, a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">very <\/span>hard to find <em>Cape May Warbler<\/em>. <em>Cape Mays<\/em> are washed in sunlit yellow with black streaking and a chestnut face patch.<\/p>\n<p>If there is such a thing as a metaphor for heaven, for birdwatchers it is an 18 Warbler fallout with a Cape May in the starring role. This is as good as it gets for those of us who worship the winged wonders of nature. Truly, an experience I will never, ever forget.<\/p>\n<p><em>~ Michael Robert Dyet is the author of <strong>\u201cUntil the Deep Water Stills \u2013 An Internet-enhanced Novel\u201d <\/strong>\u2013 double winner in the Reader Views Literary Awards 2009. Visit Michael\u2019s website at <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mdyetmetaphor.com\/\"><em>www.mdyetmetaphor.com<\/em><\/a><em> or the novel online companion at <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mdyetmetaphor.com\/blog\"><em>www.mdyetmetaphor.com\/blog<\/em><\/a><em>.<strong><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>~ Subscribe to <\/em><strong><em>\u201cMichael\u2019s Metaphors of Life Journal aka Things That Make Me Go Hmmm\u201d at its\u2019 internet home <\/em><\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mdyetmetaphor.com\/blog2\"><em>www.mdyetmetaphor.com\/blog2<\/em><\/a><strong><em>. <\/em><\/strong><em>Instructions for subscribing are provided in the \u201cSubscribe to this Blog: How To\u201d instructions page in the right sidebar. <\/em><em>If you\u2019re reading this post on another social networking site, come back regularly to my page for postings once a week.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"mceTemp\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div class=\"mceTemp\">\u00a0<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Singing the praises of a rare spring migration Warbler fallout with photos of a few of the participants.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[758,165,1210,1211,965,227,320,18,50,10,418],"class_list":["post-2013","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-songs-of-nature","tag-bird-migration","tag-blackburnian-warbler","tag-blackpoll-warbler","tag-canada-warbler","tag-cape-may-warbler","tag-fallout","tag-heaven","tag-metaphor","tag-michael-robert-dyet","tag-nature","tag-warblers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/mdyetmetaphor.com\/blog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2013","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/mdyetmetaphor.com\/blog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/mdyetmetaphor.com\/blog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mdyetmetaphor.com\/blog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mdyetmetaphor.com\/blog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2013"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"http:\/\/mdyetmetaphor.com\/blog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2013\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2037,"href":"http:\/\/mdyetmetaphor.com\/blog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2013\/revisions\/2037"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/mdyetmetaphor.com\/blog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2013"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mdyetmetaphor.com\/blog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2013"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mdyetmetaphor.com\/blog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2013"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}