This prairie version of a suburban rain garden or a woodland vernal pool is a valuable food resource for both migrating and resident birds.
Photo by Gary Shackelford
Usually by this time of year there will have been days upon days with warblers indistinguishable from raindrops, being both numerous and falling out of the sky to rest in the trees. Others have noted a paucity of short-distance migrants, possibly linked to severe cold weather in the south.
Photo by Andy Reago & Chrissy McClarren