Upstart redstart

When my wife gave me a couple of books about warblers late last year I said to her something along the lines of "I hope I see an American redstart." I had never seen one, but each summer we get a motley band of warblers in our neighbourhood, so there was a good chance. And yesterday this one showed up with the other warblers.

Not the dazzling show-off the adult males are, but a redstart nonetheless. I don't know if it's a female adult or a juvenile. (Apparently the young birds all look like the adult females.)

I've been counting the bird species seen from our back door. this is Number Forty-Five.