Just a Few More Pics from Texas

American Redstart 

Baltimore Oriole 

Black-bellied Whistling Ducks 

Dickcissels and Lark Sparrow 

Green Jay 

Green Kingfisher 

Texas Toad - unfortunately, my camera was on the wrong setting so the picture is terrible. This guy was HUGE! 

Northern Parula 

Pretty Flowers! 

Lizard  

 Indigo Bunting and Prothonotary Warbler

Long-billed Thrasher 

Magnolia Warbler 

Rose-breasted Grosbeak 

Summer Tanager (F) 

Yellow-breasted Chat

More Birds! ...continued

Yellow-breasted Chat - gee, I wonder how he got his name.

Hooded Oriole

Baltimore Oriole

Tennessee Warbler

Warbling Vireo

White-eyed Vireo

White-tipped Dove

White-winged Dove

Black-billed Cuckoo (immature)

Black-necked Stilt 

Gray Catbird showing the red under his tail

Great-tailed Grackle

Green Heron

Bill and a couple of his new best friends at Bentsen Rio Grande 

Northern Parula

Indigo Bunting

Magnolia Warbler

May is Warbler Month on South Padre Island

  I can remember my dad telling me that May is Warbler Month as that is when the warblers migrate north  from their winter homes south of the border. In a normal May I might see 2 or 3 varieties migrating through but this year Bill and I were fortunate enough to be on South Padre Island, Texas a few days after a major "Fallout." I'm still looking at my pictures and identifying varieties, but here are the ones I have so far. I've tried hard to properly identify the birds, but I'm an amateur birder so please correct me if I've misidentified any.

Bay-breasted Warbler

Black-and-white Warbler 

Black-throated Green Warbler 

Cape May Warbler 

Cape May Warbler 

Chestnut-sided Warbler 

Chestnut-sided Warbler 

Bay-breasted Warbler, Tennessee Warbler and Orchard Oriole

Hooded Warbler 

 Magnolia Warbler

 Northern Parula

Prothonotary Warbler 

Wilson's Warbler 

Yellow Warbler

Sanibel Fallout

Just wanted to share a couple more pictures from the fallout that I thought were especially nice. If you haven't read the previous entry - read it first.

Magnolia Warbler

Blue Grosbeak by the beach

The beach was littered with seashells from the same storm that brought in the birds which delighted the beach goers. They didn't seem to notice the beautiful birds that were right next to the beach and in the park beyond.